Rydberg Atoms

Rydberg Atoms
Author: Thomas F. Gallagher
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2005-11-03
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780521021661

This book provides a comprehensive description of the physics of Rydberg atoms, highlighting their remarkable properties by reference to their behavior in a wide range of physical situations. Following an overview of the basic properties of Rydberg atoms, their interactions with electric and magnetic fields are analyzed in detail. The collisions of Rydberg atoms with neutral and charged species are described, and the use of multichannel quantum defect theory in the study of Rydberg atomic systems is discussed.

The Basics of Atoms and Molecules

The Basics of Atoms and Molecules
Author: Tom Jackson
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2013-12-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1477727159

A fun-filled introduction to matter, the elements of the periodic table, atoms, electrons, reactions and bonding, and radioactivity, this volume provides young adults with chemistry examples that reflect their real-world interconnections in science. Key terms, easy experiments, and clear illustrations help to guide students through chemical applications. A chapter about Niels Bohr and his model for the atom honors his contribution to the understanding of atomic structure and to nuclear fission. Tools and techniques, such as a scanning tunneling microscope, Rutherford's gold foil experiment, and a mass spectrometer, highlight this instructive text that is aligned to the Common Core Standards.

Legends of Tomorrow: The Atom

Legends of Tomorrow: The Atom
Author: Gardner Fox
Publisher: DC Comics
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2018-02-20
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1401286089

The greatest stories from one of DC's greatest heroes, the Atom, are collected here in LEGENDS OF TOMORROW: THE ATOM! From his debut in SHOWCASE to his membership in the mighty Justice League, Professor Ray Palmer has shown that there is no size that determines heroism! The Atom has maintained his status among the pantheon of great heroes in the DC Universe, and nowhere is his might more apparent than in these incredible stories! With tales from such creators as GARDNER FOX, GIL KANE, ROGER STERN and more, LEGENDS OF TOMORROW: THE ATOM is a great starting place to learn more about one of the star characters of the hit CW show! LEGENDS OF TOMORROW: THE ATOM collects SHOWCASE #34, SECRET ORIGINS #29, THE ATOM SPECIAL #1, GIANT-SIZE ATOM #1 and JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA: THE ATOM – REBIRTH #1.

Uranium

Uranium
Author: Tom Zoellner
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2009
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780670020645

A history of the powerful mineral element explores its role as a virtually limitless energy source, its controversial applications as a healing tool and weapon, and the ways in which its reputation has been used to promote war agendas in the middle east.

Atomic Salvation

Atomic Salvation
Author: Tom Lewis
Publisher: Casemate
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2020-07-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 161200945X

A thought-provoking analysis of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki—and what might have happened if conventional weapons were used instead. It has always been a difficult concept to stomach—that the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, causing such horrific suffering and destruction, also brought about peace. Attitudes toward the event have changed through the years, from grateful relief that World War II was ended to widespread condemnation of the United States. Atomic Salvation investigates the full situation—examining documents from both Japanese and Allied sources, but also using in-depth analysis to extend beyond the mere recounting of statistics. It charts the full extent of the possible casualties on both sides had a conventional assault akin to D-Day gone ahead against Japan. The work is not concerned solely with the military necessity to use the bombs; it also investigates why that necessity has been increasingly challenged over the successive decades. Controversially, the book demonstrates that Japan would have suffered far greater casualties—likely around 28 million—if the nation had been attacked in the manner by which Germany was defeated: by amphibious assault, artillery and air attacks preceding infantry insertion, and finally by subduing the last of the defenders of the enemy capital. It also investigates the enormous political pressure placed on America as a result of their military situation. The Truman administration had little choice but to use the new weapon given the more than a million deaths that Allied forces would undoubtedly have suffered through conventional assault. By chartingreaction to the bombings over time, Atomic Salvation shows that there has been relentless pressure on the world to condemn what at the time was seen as the best, and only, military solution to end the conflict. Never has such an exhaustive analysis been made of the necessity behind bringing World War II to a halt.

Sword of the Atom (1983-) #1

Sword of the Atom (1983-) #1
Author: Jan Strnad
Publisher: DC
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2016-01-19
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN:

When Ray Palmer catches his wife in the arms of another man, he leaves behind the world of man and enters a realm undreamed of. Shrinking down, the Mighty Mite discovers that the world is a very different place when seen from a different point of view.

Empire of the Atom

Empire of the Atom
Author: Alfred Elton Van Vogt
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1974
Genre: Science fiction, American
ISBN:

Basic matters

Basic matters
Author: Berthold-Georg Englert
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2006
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9812569707

Note: ?The three volumes are not sequential but rather independent of each other and largely self-contained.Basic Matters is a first introduction to quantum mechanics that does not assume any prior knowledge of the subject. The emphasis is on the general structure as the necessary foundation of any understanding. Starting from the simplest quantum phenomenon, the Stern-Gerlach experiment with its choice between two discrete outcomes, and ending with one-dimensional continuous systems, the physical concepts and notions as well as the mathematical formalism of quantum mechanics are developed in successive, manageable steps. The presentation is modern inasmuch as the natural language of the trade -- Dirac's kets and bras and so on -- is introduced early, and the temporal evolution is dealt with in a picture-free manner, with SchrOdinger's and Heisenberg's equations of motion side by side and on equal footing.The reader of Simple Systems is not expected to be familiar with the material in Basic Matters, but should have the minimal knowledge of a standard brief introduction to quantum mechanics with its typical emphasis on one-dimensional position wave functions. The step to Dirac's more abstract and much more powerful formalism is taken immediately, followed by reviews of quantum kinematics and quantum dynamics. The important standard examples (force-free motion, constant force, harmonic oscillator, hydrogen-like atoms) are then treated in considerable detail, whereby a nonstandard perspective is offered wherever it is deemed feasible and useful. A final chapter is devoted to approximation methods, from the Hellmann-Feynman theorem to the WKB quantization rule.Perturbed Evolution has a closer link to Simple Systems than that volume has to Basic Matters, but any reader familiar with the subject matter of a solid introduction to quantum mechanics -- such as Dirac's formalism of kets and bras, SchrOdinger's and Heisenberg's equations of motion, and the standard examples that can be treated exactly, with harmonic oscillators and hydrogen-like atoms among them -- can cope with the somewhat advanced material of this volume. The basics of kinematics and dynamics are reviewed at the outset, including discussions of Bohr's principle of complementarity and Schwinger's quantum action principle. The Born series, the Lippmann-Schwinger equation, and Fermi's golden rule are recurring themes in the treatment of the central subject matter -- the evolution in the presence of perturbing interactions for which there are no exact solutions as one has them for the standard examples in Simple Systems. The scattering by a localized potential is regarded as a perturbed evolution of a particular kind and is dealt with accordingly. The unique features of the scattering of indistinguishable quantum objects illustrate the nonclassical properties of bosons and fermions and prepare the groundwork for a discussion of multi-electron atoms.

Big and Small

Big and Small
Author: Lynne Vallone
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 373
Release: 2017-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0300228864

A groundbreaking work that explores human size as a distinctive cultural marker in Western thought Author, scholar, and editor Lynne Vallone has an international reputation in the field of child studies. In this analytical tour-de-force, she explores bodily size difference--particularly unusual bodies, big and small--as an overlooked yet crucial marker that informs human identity and culture. Exploring miniaturism, giganticism, obesity, and the lived experiences of actual big and small people, Vallone boldly addresses the uncomfortable implications of using physical measures to judge normalcy, goodness, gender identity, and beauty. This wide-ranging work surveys the lives and contexts of both real and imagined persons with extraordinary bodies from the seventeenth century to the present day through close examinations of art, literature, folklore, and cultural practices, as well as scientific and pseudo-scientific discourses. Generously illustrated and written in a lively and accessible style, Vallone's provocative study encourages readers to look with care at extraordinary bodies and the cultures that created, depicted, loved, and dominated them.