The Physics of Polarized Targets

The Physics of Polarized Targets
Author: Tapio O. Niinikoski
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 535
Release: 2020-01-16
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1108475078

Explains what spin is and how spins are polarized to study elementary particles, nuclei, atoms and molecular structures.

Nuclear Physics with Polarized Particles

Nuclear Physics with Polarized Particles
Author: Hans Paetz gen. Schieck
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2011-11-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3642242251

The measurement of spin-polarization observables in reactions of nuclei and particles is of great utility and advantage when the effects of single-spin sub-states are to be investigated. Indeed, the unpolarized differential cross-section encompasses the averaging over the spin states of the particles, and thus loses details of the interaction process. This introductory text combines, in a single volume, course-based lecture notes on spin physics and on polarized-ion sources with the aim of providing a concise yet self-contained starting point for newcomers to the field, as well as for lecturers in search of suitable material for their courses and seminars. A significant part of the book is devoted to introducing the formal theory—a description of polarization and of nuclear reactions with polarized particles. The remainder of the text describes the physical basis of methods and devices necessary to perform experiments with polarized particles and to measure polarization and polarization effects in nuclear reactions. The book concludes with a brief review of modern applications in medicine and fusion energy research. For reasons of conciseness and of the pedagogical aims of this volume, examples are mainly taken from low-energy installations such as tandem Van de Graaff laboratories, although the emphasis of present research is shifting to medium- and high-energy nuclear physics. Consequently, this volume is restricted to describing non-relativistic processes and focuses on the energy range from astrophysical energies (a few keV) to tens of MeV. It is further restricted to polarimetry of hadronic particles.

Parity And Time Reversal Violation In Compound Nuclear States And Related Topics: Proceedings Of The International

Parity And Time Reversal Violation In Compound Nuclear States And Related Topics: Proceedings Of The International
Author: Auerbach Naftali
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 412
Release: 1996-11-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9814547395

The book contains the Proceedings of the 2010 Conference of the Italian Systems Society. Papers deal with the interdisciplinary study of processes of changing related to a wide variety of specific disciplinary aspects. Classical attempts to deal with them, based on generalising approaches used to study the movement of bodies and environmental influence, have included ineffective reductionistic simplifications. Indeed changing also relates, for instance, to processes of acquisition and varying properties such as for software; growing and aging biological systems; learning/cognitive systems; and socio-economic systems growing and developing through innovations. Some approaches to modelling such processes are based on considering changes in structure, e.g., phase-transitions. Other approaches are based on considering (1) periodic changes in structure as for processes of self-organisation; (2) non-periodic but coherent changes in structure, as for processes of emergence; (3) the quantum level of description. Papers in the book study the problem considering its transdisciplinary nature, i.e., systemic properties studied per se and not within specific disciplinary contexts. The aim of these studies is to outline a transdisciplinary theory of change in systemic properties. Such a theory should have simultaneous, corresponding and eventually hierarchical disciplinary aspects as expected for a general theory of emergence. Within this transdisciplinary context, specific disciplinary research activities and results are assumed to be mutually represented as within a philosophical and conceptual framework based on the theoretical centrality of the observer and conceptual non-separability of context and observer, related to logically open systems and Quantum Entanglement. Contributions deal with such issues in interdisciplinary ways considering theoretical aspects and applications from Physics, Cognitive Science, Biology, Artificial Intelligence, Economics, Architecture, Philosophy, Music and Social Systems.

High-Energy Physics in the Einstein Centennial Year

High-Energy Physics in the Einstein Centennial Year
Author: Arnold Perlmutter
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 517
Release: 2013-03-07
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1461330246

The editors are pleased to submit to the readers the state of the art in high energy physics as it appears at the beginning of 1979. Great appreciation is extended to Mrs. Helga S. Billings and Mrs. Connie Wardy for their assistance with the conference and skillful typing of the proceedings which was done with great enthusiasm and dedication. Orbis Scientiae 1979 received some support from the Department of Energy. The Editors v CONTENTS Evidence for Quarks from Neutrino-Nucleon Scattering...... 1 F. Sciulli Direct Experimental Evidence for Constituents in the Nucleon from Electromagnetic Scattering Experiments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 . . . . . . . . . . Karl Berkelman Physics After T and T 79 A. Pais Protons Are Not Forever................................... 91 D. V. Nanopoulos Gauge Hierarchies in Unified Theories..................... 115 Itzhak Bars Anomalies, Unitarity and Renormalizatior................... 133 Paul H. Frampton Charm Particle Production by Neutrinos.................... 139 N.P. Samios 34 Techniques to Search for Proton Instability to 10 Years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 . . . . . . . . . . . .