Introduction -- Crystallography of the Kaolin Group Minerals -- Introduction to the Spectroscopic Methods -- The Kaolin Minerals -- Intercalated Kaolins -- Kaolin Nanocomposites -- Other Kaolin -- Modifications -- Adsorption On Kaolins.This book systematically provides an overview of the use of a wide range of spectroscopic methods (Mid- and Near-Infrared, Infrared Emission, Raman, Solid-State …
to Quantum Trajectories -- The Bohmian Route to the Hydrodynamic Equations -- The Phase Space Route to the Hydrodynamic Equations -- The Dynamics and Properties of Quantum Trajectories -- Function and Derivative Approximation on Unstructured Grids -- Applications of the Quantum Trajectory Method -- Adaptive Methods for Trajectory Dynamics -- Quantum Trajectories for Multidimensional Dynamics --…
Setting the Stage -- Linear Algebra over the Complex Numbers -- Complex Scalar Product Spaces (a.k.a. Hilbert Spaces) -- Lie Groups and Lie Group Representations -- New Representations from Old -- Irreducible Representations and Invariant Integration -- Representations and the Hydrogen Atom -- The Algebra so(4) Symmetry of the Hydrogen Atom -- The Group SO(4) Symmetry of the Hydrogen Atom -- Pr…
Maxwell and Schrödinger -- Lorentz, Pauli and Dirac -- Quantum Fields and Particles -- Scattering and Bound States -- Hyperfine Shifts, Radiation, Quarks.In this book, quantum mechanics is developed from the outset on a relativistic basis, using the superposition principle, Lorentz invariance and gauge invariance. Nonrelativistic quantum mechanics as well as classical relativistic mechanics ap…
to the Physics of Nonideal Plasmas -- Quantum Statistical Theory of Charged Particle Systems -- Systems with Coulomb Interaction -- Bound and Scattering States in Plasmas. Binary Collision Approximation -- Thermodynamics of Nonideal Plasmas -- Nonequilibrium Nonideal Plasmas -- Transport and Relaxation Processes in Nonideal Plasmas -- Dense Plasmas in External Fields.This book deals with the st…
Classical and Quantum Interference and Coherence -- Quantum Interference in Atomic Systems: Mathematical Formalism -- Superposition States and Modification of Spontaneous Emission Rates -- Quantum Interference as a Control of Decoherence -- Coherence Effects in Multi-Level Systems -- Field Induced Quantum Interference -- Slow and Fast Light and Storage of Photons -- Quantum Interference in Phas…
Channels and Pumps Early in Evolution -- The Possible Role of Aquaporin 0 in Lens Physiology -- Central Role of the Ca2+i Regulatory Site in Ionic and Metabolic Modulation of Na+/Ca2+ Exchanger in Dialyzed Squid Axons -- Calcium Dependence of Calcium Release Channels (Ryanodine Receptors) from Skeletal and Cardiac Muscle -- Modulation of Ryanodine Receptor Channels from Rat Brain Cortex in Lipi…
Plasma Physics -- Nature of Plasma -- Plasma Characteristics -- Magnetic Configuration and Particle Orbit -- Velocity Space Distribution Function and Boltzmann’s Equation -- Plasma as MHD Fluid -- Equilibrium -- Plasma Transport -- Magnetohydrodynamic Instabilities -- Resistive Instabilities -- Plasma as Medium of Waves -- Landau Damping and Cyclotron Damping -- Hot Plasma -- Instabilities Dr…
Basics of Plasma Physics -- Nuclear Fusion -- Magnetic Confinement -- Plasma Diagnostics -- The Universe - A World of Plasma -- Waves in Plasmas -- Collisional and Turbulent Transport -- Fluctuations in Plasma -- Physics of Ion Traps -- Non-Neutral Plasmas -- High-Accuracy Experiments with Ion Traps -- Laboratory Class -- Energy for the 21st Century -- Research on Modern Gas Discharge Light Sou…
The Mass and Size of the Atom -- Isotopes -- The Nucleus of the Atom -- The Photon -- The Electron -- Some Basic Properties of Matter Waves -- Bohr’s Model of the Hydrogen Atom -- The Mathematical Framework of Quantum Theory -- Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom -- Lifting of the Orbital Degeneracy in the Spectra of Alkali Atoms -- Orbital and Spin Magnetism. Fine Structure -- Atoms in a …