Energetic Charged Particle Interactions With Atmospheres And Surfaces

Author : Robert E. Johnson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642483752

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Energetic Charged-Particle Interactions with Atmospheres and Surfaces by Robert E. Johnson Pdf

On attending a conference on the Jovian satellites at UCLA, I heard Lou Lanze rotti vigorously present the exciting data on the sputtering of water ice by Me V protons taken with W. L. Brown at AT&T Bell Labs. In his inimitable way he made clear that this new electronic sputtering process was very poorly under stood and was very important for surface properties of sattelites. I was immedia tely hooked, and have been working ever since with Lanzerotti, Brown, my col league at Virginia, John Boring, and Bo Sundqvist at Uppsala on understanding the ejection of material from surfaces and applying laboratory results to intere sting planetary problems. In the course of writing this book I also had the benefit of spending a semester with the Planetary Geosciences group in Hawaii, thanks to Tom McCord, a period of time with Doug Nash at JPL, and a period ot time with the group at Catania. The book was started with the encouragement of Lou Lanzerotti. The writing has gone slowly as the field has been changing rapidly. Even now I feel it is incom plete, as the interesting Halley dust data have just recently been interpreted in detail, Voyager has recently visited Neptune, and the data on Pluto are rapidly improving. However, most of the principles for plasma ion alteration of surfaces and gases have been established allowing, I hope, a coherent and useful frame work for incorporating both new laboratory and planetary data.

Author : Syed Naeem Ahmed
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128016442

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Physics and Engineering of Radiation Detection by Syed Naeem Ahmed Pdf

Physics and Engineering of Radiation Detection presents an overview of the physics of radiation detection and its applications. It covers the origins and properties of different kinds of ionizing radiation, their detection and measurement, and the procedures used to protect people and the environment from their potentially harmful effects. The second edition is fully revised and provides the latest developments in detector technology and analyses software. Also, more material related to measurements in particle physics and a complete solutions manual have been added. Discusses the experimental techniques and instrumentation used in different detection systems in a very practical way without sacrificing the physics content Provides useful formulae and explains methodologies to solve problems related to radiation measurements Contains many worked-out examples and end-of-chapter problems Detailed discussions on different detection media, such as gases, liquids, liquefied gases, semiconductors, and scintillators Chapters on statistics, data analysis techniques, software for data analysis, and data acquisition systems

Author : N.J Carron
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2006-11-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 0750309350

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An Introduction to the Passage of Energetic Particles through Matter by N.J Carron Pdf

Identifying where to access data, extracting a needed subset from available resources, and knowing how to interpret the format in which data are presented can be time-consuming tasks for scientists and engineers. By collecting all of this information and providing a background in physics, An Introduction to the Passage of Energetic Particles through Matter enables specialists and nonspecialists alike to understand and apply the data. Making modern data more accessible, this book explores the interactions with matter of energetic particles, including photons, electrons, protons, alpha particles, and neutrons. It presents quantities of interest in many applications, such as photon and neutron cross sections, charged particle stopping powers, electron mean ranges, and angular distributions. The book also discusses electron multiple scattering and models for electron mean range against both stopping power and scattering. The author uses numerous graphs throughout the book to illustrate the material and describes the basic physics underlying all processes. The accompanying CD-ROM includes full datasets and large color contour graphs of cross sections, stopping powers, and ranges in all elements at all interesting energies. Compiling information that is scattered throughout the literature, An Introduction to the Passage of Energetic Particles through Matter provides a comprehensive foundation of particle interactions that is of prime importance to many areas of applied physics and supplies an introduction to the massive, invaluable Evaluated Nuclear Data File (ENDF) library.

Author : Yoshihiko Hatano,Yosuke Katsumura,A. Mozumder
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 1068 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010-12-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781439811801

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Charged Particle and Photon Interactions with Matter by Yoshihiko Hatano,Yosuke Katsumura,A. Mozumder Pdf

Building on Mozumder's and Hatano's Charged Particle and Photon Interactions with Matter: Chemical, Physicochemical, and Biological Consequences with Applications (CRC Press, 2004), Charged Particle and Photon Interactions with Matter: Recent Advances, Applications, and Interfaces expands upon the scientific contents of the previous volume by cover

Author : Robert T. Pappalardo,William B. McKinnon,Krishan Khurana
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 0816528446

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Europa by Robert T. Pappalardo,William B. McKinnon,Krishan Khurana Pdf

Few worlds are as tantalizing and enigmatic as Europa, whose complex icy surface intimates the presence of an ocean below. Europa beckons for our understanding and future exploration, enticing us with the possibilities of a water-rich environment and the potential for life beyond Earth. This volume in the Space Science Series, with more than 80 contributing authors, reveals the discovery and current understanding of Europa’s icy shell, subsurface ocean, presumably active interior, and myriad inherent interactions within the Jupiter environment. Europa is the foundation upon which the coming decades of scientific advancement and exploration of this world will be built, making it indispensable for researchers, students, and all who hold a passion for exploration.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814470896

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Principles of Radiation Interaction in Matter and Detection by Anonim Pdf

Author : Nicole Meyer-Vernet,Michel Moncuquet,Filippo Pantellini
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401009041

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Physics of Space: Growth Points and Problems by Nicole Meyer-Vernet,Michel Moncuquet,Filippo Pantellini Pdf

Proceedings of the Second "Rencontres de l'observatoire", Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France

Author : Claude Leroy,Pier-Giorgio Rancoita
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 951 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789812818287

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Principles of Radiation Interaction in Matter and Detection by Claude Leroy,Pier-Giorgio Rancoita Pdf

This book, like its first edition, addresses the fundamental principles of interaction between radiation and matter and the principle of particle detectors in a wide scope of fields, from low to high energy, including space physics and the medical environment. It provides abundant information about the processes of electromagnetic and hadronic energy deposition in matter, detecting systems, and performance and optimization of detectors. In this second edition, new sections dedicated to the following topics are included: space and high-energy physics radiation environment, non-ionizing energy loss (NIEL), displacement damage in silicon devices and detectors, single event effects, detection of slow and fast neutrons with silicon detectors, solar cells, pixel detectors, and additional material for dark matter detectors. This book will benefit graduate students and final-year undergraduates as a reference and supplement for courses in particle, astroparticle, and space physics and instrumentation. A part of it is directed toward courses in medical physics. The book can also be used by researchers in experimental particle physics at low, medium, and high energy who are dealing with instrumentation.

Author : Murthy S. Gudipati,Julie Castillo-Rogez
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461430766

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The Science of Solar System Ices by Murthy S. Gudipati,Julie Castillo-Rogez Pdf

The role of laboratory research and simulations in advancing our understanding of solar system ices (including satellites, KBOs, comets, and giant planets) is becoming increasingly important. Understanding ice surface radiation processing, particle and radiation penetration depths, surface and subsurface chemistry, morphology, phases, density, conductivity, etc., are only a few examples of the inventory of issues that are being addressed by Earth-based laboratory research. As a response to the growing need for cross-disciplinary dialog and communication in the Planetary Ices science community, this book aims to achieve direct dialog and foster focused collaborations among the observational, modeling, and laboratory research communities.

Author : Clive R Neal,Lisa R Gaddis,Bradley L Jolliff,Samuel J Lawrence,Stephen J Mackwell,Charles K Shearer,Sarah N Valencia
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 890 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781501519895

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New View of the Moon 2 by Clive R Neal,Lisa R Gaddis,Bradley L Jolliff,Samuel J Lawrence,Stephen J Mackwell,Charles K Shearer,Sarah N Valencia Pdf

Much has happened in the world in the 17 years since the first New Views of the Moon was published as volume 60 of the Mineralogical Society of America in 2006. An exciting new era of lunar exploration has begun, including the promise of resuming human lunar exploration, exploring the lunar Poles, and missions to many other high-priority science targets. It is fitting, therefore, to now summarize the current state of knowledge to the degree possible at a time when advancements in knowledge of the Moon are proceeding at a breakneck pace. Therefore, during this period of unprecedented lunar exploration activity, and as we continue to rebound from a global pandemic, we now happily announce this New Views of the Moon 2 volume summarizing the advances in lunar science and exploration since 2006. The Steering Committee is eternally grateful to all contributors and especially the chapter leads, and to Professor Makiko Ohtake (University of Aizu, Japan) and Dr. David Blewett (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, U.S.A.) for organizing the New Views of the Moon 2 Electronic Annex. We deeply appreciate the hard work and dedication of everyone involved in the production of this volume, especially Rachel Russell and Ian Swainson at the Mineralogical Society of America. This volume helps to frame our knowledge and expectations for an exciting future of lunar science and exploration and the new discoveries to be made. Having humans return to the Moon now seems more likely than it ever has since the last humans left the Moon on 14 December 1972.

Author : Siegfried Bauer,Helmut Lammer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662093627

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Planetary Aeronomy by Siegfried Bauer,Helmut Lammer Pdf

Planetary Aeronomy is a modern and concise introduction to the underlying physical and chemical processes that govern the formation and evolution of the upper atmospheres of planets. The general approach employed permits consideration of the growing number of extrasolar planets, the detailed observation of which will become possible over the next decades. The book explains the physics behind many atmospheric processes, which are relevant for the evolution of planetary atmospheres and their water inventories, and also contains useful scaling laws and analytical expressions that can be applied to any planet. Readers thus gain insight into the evolution of terrestrial planets and their long-time habitability, atmospheric stability, etc. This volume can be used both as graduate textbook for students wishing to specialize in the field as well as succinct compendium for researchers in the field.

Author : Andrew F. Nagy,Michel Blanc,Charles Chappell,Norbert Krupp
Publisher : Springer
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781493935444

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Plasma Sources of Solar System Magnetospheres by Andrew F. Nagy,Michel Blanc,Charles Chappell,Norbert Krupp Pdf

This volume reviews what we know of the corresponding plasma source for each intrinsically magnetized planet. Plasma sources fall essentially in three categories: the solar wind, the ionosphere (both prevalent on Earth), and the satellite-related sources. Throughout the text, the case of each planet is described, including the characteristics, chemical composition and intensity of each source. The authors also describe how the plasma generated at the source regions is transported to populate the magnetosphere, and how it is later lost. To summarize, the dominant sources are found to be the solar wind and sputtered surface ions at Mercury, the solar wind and ionosphere at Earth (the relative importance of the two being discussed in a specific introductory chapter), Io at Jupiter and – a big surprise of the Cassini findings – Enceladus at Saturn. The situation for Uranus and Neptune, which were investigated by only one fly-by each, is still open and requires further studies and exploration. In the final chapter, the book offers a summary of the little we know of Uranus and Neptune, then summarizes in a comparative way what we know of plasma sources throughout the solar system, and proposes directions for future research.

Author : B. Schmitt,C. de Bergh,M. Festou
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 819 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401152525

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Solar System Ices by B. Schmitt,C. de Bergh,M. Festou Pdf

Predicted long ago to be present on the surface of planetary bodies by theoreticians and recently shown by interplanetary spacecraft and ground- based instruments to be ubiquitous in the Solar System, ices in a broad sense have become an extremely important subject in planetary research. Ices found on objects formed in the remote parts of the Solar System contain a message about the composition and mode of formation of our planetary system. There are also objects that contain icy materials that bear signatures of past events on a geological timescale. Their study is one of the best means of inquiring about the origins, accessing the past and anticipating the future of our Solar System. The reviews in this book collect together a series of papers covering the physics and chemistry of ices, as well as the geology of icy surfaces. They present an extensive summary of their chemical and physical properties relevant to planetary astronomy. They also provide an overview of planetary bodies that contain ices and the outstanding problems of the field. Audience: The book is intended to become a reference for researchers and graduate students. It is accessible to senior graduate students with a background in planetary science.

Author : Helmut Lammer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642320873

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Origin and Evolution of Planetary Atmospheres by Helmut Lammer Pdf

Based on the author’s own work and results obtained by international teams he coordinated, this SpringerBrief offers a concise discussion of the origin and early evolution of atmospheres of terrestrial planets during the active phase of their host stars, as well as of the environmental conditions which are necessary in order for planets like the Earth to obtain N_2-rich atmospheres. Possible thermal and non-thermal atmospheric escape processes are discussed in a comparative way between the planets in the Solar System and exoplanets. Lastly, a hypothesis for how to test and study the discussed atmosphere evolution theories using future UV transit observations of terrestrial exoplanets within the orbits of dwarf stars is presented.

Author : C.T. Russell
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401732512

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The Cassini-Huygens Mission by C.T. Russell Pdf

The exploration of the planets is the modem counterpart to the exploration voy ages of old. To reach the new world Columbus had to secure funding from Queen Isabella, outfit his three ships and set sail on a long journey. To explore the Amer ican Pacific Northwest, Lewis and Clark had a similar task of obtaining funding, purchasing equipment and going to points unknown, even though their path was across land and not sea. Today our journey is through space, rather than across land or sea, but we still travel with ships, now spaceworthy craft, rather than seaworthy. Our spacecraft are smaller than the ships of yore, crammed with electronics rather than provisions because man cannot go along on these journeys. We now rely on robots to be our eyes and ears at these distant worlds. Nevertheless, some aspects of exploration have not changed over the centuries. People are still fascinated by these unknown worlds and desire to explore them, and the process of obtaining the large sums of public moneys to finance these journeys still requires much pleading with authorities.