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Physics of Strong Fields

Author : Walter Greiner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 996 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461318897

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Physics of Strong Fields by Walter Greiner Pdf

The NATO Advanced Study Institute on Physios of St~ong Fields was held at Maratea/Italy from 1-14 June, 1986. The school was devoted to the advances, theoretical and experimental, in physics of strong fields made during the past five years. The topic of the first week was almost exclusively quantum electrodynamics, with dis cussions of symmetry breaking in the ground state, of the physics of strong fields in heavy ion collisions and of precision tests of perturba tive quantum electrodynamics. The famous positron lines found at GSI (Darmstadt) and the related question "new particle versus vacuum decay" - (yes or no or both) - constituted the center of experimental advances. This was followed in the second week by the presentation of a broad range of other areas where strong fields occur, reaching from nuclear physics over quantum chromodynamics to gravitation theory and astrophysics. We were fortunate to be able to calIon a body of lecturers who not only made considerable personal contributions to this research but who are also noted for their lecturing skills. Their enthusiasm and dedication for their work was readily transmitted to the students resulting in a very suc cessful school.

Quantum Electrodynamics of Strong Fields

Author : Walter Greiner,B. Müller,J. Rafelski
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 605 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642822728

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Quantum Electrodynamics of Strong Fields by Walter Greiner,B. Müller,J. Rafelski Pdf

The fundamental goal of physics is an understanding of the forces of nature in their simplest and most general terms. Yet there is much more involved than just a basic set of equations which eventually has to be solved when applied to specific problems. We have learned in recent years that the structure of the ground state of field theories (with which we are generally concerned) plays an equally funda mental role as the equations of motion themselves. Heisenberg was probably the first to recognize that the ground state, the vacuum, could acquire certain prop erties (quantum numbers) when he devised a theory of ferromagnetism. Since then, many more such examples are known in solid state physics, e. g. supercon ductivity, superfluidity, in fact all problems concerned with phase transitions of many-body systems, which are often summarized under the name synergetics. Inspired by the experimental observation that also fundamental symmetries, such as parity or chiral symmetry, may be violated in nature, it has become wide ly accepted that the same field theory may be based on different vacua. Practical ly all these different field phases have the status of more or less hypothetical models, not (yet) directly accessible to experiments. There is one magnificent ex ception and this is the change of the ground state (vacuum) of the electron-posi tron field in superstrong electric fields.

Attosecond and Strong-Field Physics

Author : Chii-Dong Lin,Cheng Jin,Anh-Thu Le,Hui Wei
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781107197763

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Attosecond and Strong-Field Physics by Chii-Dong Lin,Cheng Jin,Anh-Thu Le,Hui Wei Pdf

An introductory textbook on attosecond and strong field physics, covering fundamental theory and modeling techniques, as well as future opportunities and challenges.

Quantum Electrodynamics of Strong Fields

Author : Greiner W. Hold
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 896 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781489921390

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Quantum Electrodynamics of Strong Fields by Greiner W. Hold Pdf

The NATO Advanced Study Institute on Quantum Electrodynamics of Strong Fields was held at Lahnstein on the Rhine from 15-26 June, 1981. The school was devoted to the advances, theoretical and exper imental, in the physics of strong fields made during the past decade. The topic of the first week was almost exclusively quantum electrodynamics, with discussions of symmetry breaking in the ground state, of the physics of heavy ion collisions and of precision tests of perturbative quantum electrodynamics. This was followed in the second week by the presentation of a broad range of other areas where strong fields occur, reaching from nuclear physics over quantum chromodynamics to gravitation theory and astrophysics. We were fortunate to be able to call on a body of lecturers who not only have made considerable personal contributions to these advances but who are also noted for their lecturing skills. Their dedication for their subject was readily transmitted to the stu dents resulting in a very successful school. This enthusiasm is also reflected in their contributions to these Proceedings which, as I believe, will in time become a standard source of reference for future work on the physics of strong fields and will help to spread the benefits of the school to a larger audience than those who were able to attend. I regret that the Soviet colleagues Ya. B. Zeldovich and V. S. Popov were unable to participate.

Atoms in Strong Fields

Author : C.A. Nicolaides,Charles W. Clark,Munir H. Nayfeh
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781475793345

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Atoms in Strong Fields by C.A. Nicolaides,Charles W. Clark,Munir H. Nayfeh Pdf

This book collects the lectures given at the NATO Advanced Study Institute on "Atoms in Strong Fields", which took place on the island of Kos, Greece, during the two weeks of October 9-21,1988. The designation "strong field" applies here to an external electromagnetic field that is sufficiently strong to cause highly nonlinear alterations in atomic or molecular struc ture and dynamics. The specific topics treated in this volume fall into two general cater gories, which are those for which strong field effects can be studied in detail in terrestrial laboratories: the dynamics of excited states in static or quasi-static electric and magnetic fields; and the interaction of atoms and molecules with intense laser radiation. In both areas there exist promising opportunities for research of a fundamental nature. An electric field of even a few volts per centimeter can be very strong on the atom ic scale, if it acts upon a weakly bound state. The study of Rydberg states with high reso lution laser spectroscopic techniques has made it possible to follow the transition from weak-field to strong-field behavior in remarkable detail, using static fields of modest lab oratory strength; in the course of this transition the atomic system evolves from one which can be thoroughly understood in terms of field-free quantum numbers, to one which cannot be meaningfully associated at all with the zero-field states of the atom.

Strong Field Laser Physics

Author : Thomas Brabec
Publisher : Springer
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2008-08-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780387347554

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Strong Field Laser Physics by Thomas Brabec Pdf

Due to the rapid progress in laser technology a wealth of novel fundamental and applied applications of lasers in atomic and plasma physics have become possible. This book focuses on the interaction of high intensity lasers with matter. It reviews the state of the art of high power laser sources, intensity laser-atom and laser-plasma interactions, laser matter interaction at relativistic intensities, and QED with intense lasers.

Quantum Electrodynamics

Author : Walter Greiner,Joachim Reinhardt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642880223

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Quantum Electrodynamics by Walter Greiner,Joachim Reinhardt Pdf

The need for a second edition of our text on Quantum Electrodynamics has given us the opportunity to implement some corrections and amendments. We have corrected a number of misprints and minor errors and have supplied additional explanatory remarks at various places. Furthermore some new material has been included on the magnetic moment of the muon (in Example 5. 6) and on the Lamb shift (in Example 5. 8). Finally, we have added the new Example 3. 17 which explains the equivalent photon method. We thank several colleagues for helpful comments and also are grateful to Dr. R. Mattiello who has supervised the preparation of the second edition of the book. Furthermore we acknowledge the agreeable collaboration with Dr. H. J. K6lsch and his team at Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg. Frankfurt am Main, Walter Greiner July 1994 Joachim Reinhardt Preface to the First Edition Theoretical physics has become a many-faceted science. For the young student it is difficult enough to cope with the overwhelming amount of new scientific material that has to be learned, let alone obtain an overview of the entire field, which ranges from mechanics through electrodynamics, quantum mechanics, field theory, nuclear and heavy-ion science, statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, and solid state theory to elementary-particle physics. And this knowledge should be acquired in just 8-10 semesters, during which, in addition, a Diploma or Master's thesis has to be worked on or examinations prepared for.

Fields, Symmetries, and Quarks

Author : Ulrich Mosel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662038413

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Fields, Symmetries, and Quarks by Ulrich Mosel Pdf

This revised and extended edition of the book Fields, Symmetries, and Quarks, originally published by McGraw-Hill Book Company, Hamburg, 1989, contains a new chapter on electroweak interactions which has also grown out of lectures that I have given in the meantime. In addition, a number of changes, mainly in the metric used, in the discussion of the theory of strong interactions, QCD, and in the chapter on hadron physics, have been made and errors have been corrected. The motivation for this book, however, is still the same as it was 10 years ago: This is a book on quantum field theory and our present understanding of leptons and hadrons for advanced students and the non-specialists and, in particular, the experimentalists working on problems of nuclear and hadron physics. I am grateful to Dr. S. Leupold for a very careful reading of the revised manuscript, many corrections, and helpful suggestions and to C. Traxler for producing the figures and for constructive discussions.

Classical and Quantum Description of Plasma and Radiation in Strong Fields

Author : Fabien Niel
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030735470

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Classical and Quantum Description of Plasma and Radiation in Strong Fields by Fabien Niel Pdf

This thesis presents several important aspects of the plasma dynamics in extremely high intensity electromagnetic fields when quantum electrodynamics effects have to be taken into account. This work is of utmost importance for the forthcoming generation of multipetawatt laser facilities where this physics will be tested. The first part consists of an introduction that extends from classical and quantum electrodynamics in strong fields to the kinetic description of plasmas in the interaction with such fields. This can be considered as an advanced tutorial which would be extremely useful to researchers and students new to the field. The second part describes original contributions on the analysis of the signatures of classical and quantum radiation reaction on the distribution function of the charged particles and of the photon spectrum, and leads to significant advances on this topic. These results are then extended to the analysis of the so-called QED cascades which are of central importance for a better understanding of some astrophysical phenomena and basic physics problems. Finally, the book discusses future directions for the high intensity laser–plasma interaction community. The results presented in this thesis are expected to become more and more relevant as the new multipetawatt facilities become operative.

Foundations of Strong-Field Physics

Author : Howard Reiss
Publisher : Wiley-VCH
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 3527411127

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Foundations of Strong-Field Physics by Howard Reiss Pdf

This book provides new insights in Strong field Physics and the failure of tunnelling - a new discussion of an old theory. Written by the author who developed the so-called strong-field approximation (SFA theory), the book fills a gap in the literature on a topic that is growing and maturing steadily. It addresses controversial issues of the topic, like the role of relativistic effects in weak low-frequency fields and covers the fundamental properties of quantum mechanics and of electromagnetism that are at the heart of nonperturbative physics.

Theoretical Femtosecond Physics

Author : Frank Grossmann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008-07-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540778974

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Theoretical Femtosecond Physics by Frank Grossmann Pdf

This volume offers theoretical investigations of atoms and molecules interacting with pulsed or continuous wave lasers. Theoretical background is included, and the text incorporates several exercises. Additional calculations are performed in the appendices.

Strongly Interacting Matter in Magnetic Fields

Author : Dmitri Kharzeev,Karl Landsteiner,Andreas Schmitt,Ho-Ung Yee
Publisher : Springer
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642373053

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Strongly Interacting Matter in Magnetic Fields by Dmitri Kharzeev,Karl Landsteiner,Andreas Schmitt,Ho-Ung Yee Pdf

The physics of strongly interacting matter in an external magnetic field is presently emerging as a topic of great cross-disciplinary interest for particle, nuclear, astro- and condensed matter physicists. It is known that strong magnetic fields are created in heavy ion collisions, an insight that has made it possible to study a variety of surprising and intriguing phenomena that emerge from the interplay of quantum anomalies, the topology of non-Abelian gauge fields, and the magnetic field. In particular, the non-trivial topological configurations of the gluon field induce a non-dissipative electric current in the presence of a magnetic field. These phenomena have led to an extended formulation of relativistic hydrodynamics, called chiral magnetohydrodynamics. Hitherto unexpected applications in condensed matter physics include graphene and topological insulators. Other fields of application include astrophysics, where strong magnetic fields exist in magnetars and pulsars. Last but not least, an important new theoretical tool that will be revisited and which made much of the progress surveyed in this book possible is the holographic principle - the correspondence between quantum field theory and gravity in extra dimensions. Edited and authored by the pioneers and leading experts in this newly emerging field, this book offers a valuable resource for a broad community of physicists and graduate students.

Strong Field Laser Physics

Author : Thomas Brabec
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2008-09-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780387400778

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Strong Field Laser Physics by Thomas Brabec Pdf

Due to the rapid progress in laser technology a wealth of novel fundamental and applied applications of lasers in atomic and plasma physics have become possible. This book focuses on the interaction of high intensity lasers with matter. It reviews the state of the art of high power laser sources, intensity laser-atom and laser-plasma interactions, laser matter interaction at relativistic intensities, and QED with intense lasers.

Exciting Interdisciplinary Physics

Author : Walter Greiner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 519 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319000473

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Exciting Interdisciplinary Physics by Walter Greiner Pdf

Nuclear physics is an exciting, broadly faceted field. It spans a wide range of topics, reaching from nuclear structure physics to high-energy physics, astrophysics and medical physics (heavy ion tumor therapy). New developments are presented in this volume and the status of research is reviewed. A major focus is put on nuclear structure physics, dealing with superheavy elements and with various forms of exotic nuclei: strange nuclei, very neutron rich nuclei, nuclei of antimatter. Also quantum electrodynamics of strong fields is addressed, which is linked to the occurrence of giant nuclear systems in, e.g., U+U collisions. At high energies nuclear physics joins with elementary particle physics. Various chapters address the theory of elementary matter at high densities and temperature, in particular the quark gluon plasma which is predicted by quantum chromodynamics (QCD) to occur in high-energy heavy ion collisions. In the field of nuclear astrophysics, the properties of neutron stars and quark stars are discussed. A topic which transcends nuclear physics is discussed in two chapters: The proposed pseudo-complex extension of Einstein's General Relativity leads to the prediction that there are no black holes and that big bang cosmology has to be revised. Finally, the interdisciplinary nature of this volume is further accentuated by chapters on protein folding and on magnetoreception in birds and many other animals.

Computational Strong-Field Quantum Dynamics

Author : Dieter Bauer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783110419344

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Computational Strong-Field Quantum Dynamics by Dieter Bauer Pdf

This graduate textbook introduces the com-putational techniques to study ultra-fast quantum dynamics of matter exposed to strong laser fields. Coverage includes methods to propagate wavefunctions according to the time dependent Schrödinger, Klein-Gordon or Dirac equation, the calculation of typical observables, time-dependent density functional theory, multi configurational time-dependent Hartree-Fock, time-dependent configuration interaction singles, the strong-field approximation, and the microscopic particle-in-cell approach. Contents How to propagate a wavefunction? Calculation of typical strong-field observables Time-dependent relativistic wave equations: Numerics of the Dirac and the Klein-Gordon equation Time-dependent density functional theory The multiconfiguration time-dependent Hartree-Fock method Time-dependent configuration interaction singles Strong-field approximation and quantum orbits Microscopic particle-in-cell approach