Critical Problems in Physics (eBook)

Margit A.E. Dementi, Val L. Fitch, Daniel R. Marlow (Herausgeber)

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2021
301 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-22749-8 (ISBN)

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The past century has seen fantastic advances in physics, from the discovery of the electron, x-rays, and radioactivity, to the era of incredible solid state devices, computers, quarks and leptons, and the standard model. But what of the next? Many scientists think we are on the threshold of an even more exciting new era in which breakthroughs in a startling variety of directions will produce significant changes in our understanding of the natural world. In this book, a group of eminent scientists define and elaborate on these new directions. Ed Witten and Frank Wilczek discuss string theory and the future of particle physics; Donald Perkins describes the search for neutrino oscillations; Alvin Tollestrup reveals dreams of a muon collider at Fermilab to probe the heart of "e;elementary"e; particles; and Robert Palmer anticipates a new generation of particle accelerators. Thibault Damour reviews classical gravitation and the relevant new high-precision experiments; Kip Thorne describes the exciting future for gravitational wave astronomy; and Paul Steinhardt examines the recent breakthroughs in observational cosmology and explains what future experiments might reveal. James Langer explores nonequilibrium statistics and relates it to the origins of complexity; Harry Swinney takes an experimentalist's view of the emergence of order in seemingly chaotic systems; and John Hopfield describes an extremely unusual dynamical system--the human brain. Bruce Hillman, M. D., discusses the recent developments in imaging techniques that have brought about outstanding advances in medical diagnostics. T.V. Ramakrishnan looks at high-temperature superconductors, which could eventually revolutionize the solid-state technology on which society is already highly dependent.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.3.2021
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Series in Physics
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Series in Physics
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Angewandte Physik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Atom- / Kern- / Molekularphysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Hochenergiephysik / Teilchenphysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Thermodynamik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: ab initio • "accompanying • Action potential • Amplitude • Anisotropy • antiferromagnetism • antiscreen • Atmosphere • Available energy (particle collision) • Baryogenesis • big bang nucleosynthesis • Biology • Calculation • Christodoulou Memory • Chronology of the universe • Classical physics • Coalescence (physics) • Coherence (physics) • Collider • colossal magnetoresistance • Compactification (physics) • Complex Systems • Computation • Constructive Quantum Field Theory • Cosmic microwave background • cosmological constant • Cosmological principle • CP violation • Cross section (physics) • Cryogenics • Cuprate • defects • Dynamics • effective physics energy • Einstein Field Equations • Elasticity (physics) • Electrical resistivity and conductivity • Energy Density • Enhancements • Entropy • Exotic Particles • Experimental Physics • Fermi energy • Fermi Gas • Fermilab • Fermi Liquid Theory • Fermion • Fermi surface • first-principles estimate • Flavour (particle physics) • Freezing • Gauge Theory • Gravitational Field • Gravitational Wave • Gravity waves • Hadron • Hadron Collider • hadron-hadron machines • Heisenberg • Higgs Mechanism • High-Temperature Superconductivity • Inelastic neutron scattering • Inflation • Inflation (cosmology) • Innovation • instability • Interferometry • length scale • Lepton • LIGO • Ligo Research Community" • Linear particle accelerator • Luminosity • Magnetic field • Magnetic Resonance Imaging • Materials Physics • Measurement • Muon • natural length • Neutrino • Neutrino detector • Neutrino Oscillation • neutron star • non-equilibrium thermodynamics • Nuclear density • nuclear physics • Particle accelerator • Particle physics • Particle physics experiments • Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics) • Photon • physical cosmology • physicist • Physics • physics beyond the standard model • Prediction • Proton decay • Quantum Chromodynamics • Quantum Critical Point • quantum electrodynamics • quantum field theory • quantum mechanics • Quantum number • quantum superposition • Quark–gluon plasma • Radiation pressure • renormalization • Restraints • Snowflakes • Space-time • stable vacuum • Statistical Physics • String Theory • Stupendous • Substance • Superconductivity • Superstring Theory • Supersymmetry • synchrotron • Synchrotron radiation • Tails • technical physics • Technology • Temperature • Terra incognita • Tests of general relativity • Tevatron • theoretical physics • Thermodynamic Equilibrium • The Tevatron • Thoreau's questions • Unitarity (physics) • vanishing • Variational method (quantum mechanics) • world-sheet • X-Ray
• ISBN-10: 0-691-22749-7 / 0691227497
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-22749-8 / 9780691227498