Exciting Interdisciplinary Physics

Quarks and Gluons / Atomic Nuclei / Relativity and Cosmology / Biological Systems

Walter Greiner (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
XII, 519 Seiten
2013 | 2013
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-00046-6 (ISBN)

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This interdisciplinary book surveys new developments in physics, including nuclear structure physics and superheavy elements. Coverage ranges from quantum electrodynamics of strong fields protein folding and on magnetoreception in birds and many other animals.

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.

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. h. c. mult. Walter Greiner, geb. Oktober 1935 im Thüringer Wald, Promotion 1961 in Freiburg im Breisgau, 1962-64 Assistent Professor an der University of Maryland, seit 1964/65 ordentlicher Professor für Theoretische Physik der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main und Direktor des Instituts für Theoretische Physik. Gastprofessuren unter anderem an der Florida State University, University of Virginia, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, University of Melbourne, Yale University, Vanderbilt University, University of Arizona. Hauptarbeitsgebiete sind die Struktur und Dynamik der elementaren Materie (Quarks, Gluonen, Mesonen, Baryonen, Atomkerne), Schwerionenphysik, Feldtheorie (Quantenelektrodynamik, Eichtheorie der schwachen Wechselwirkung, Quantenchromodynamik, Theorie der Gravitation), Atomphysik. 974 Empfänger des Max-Born-Preises und der Max-Born-Medaille des Institute of Physics (London) und der Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, 1982 des Otto-Hahn-Preises der Stadt Frankfurt am Main, 1998 der Alexander von Humboldt-Medaille, 1999 Officier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Academiques. Inhaber zahlreicher Ehrendoktorwürden (unter anderem der University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, der Universite Louis Pasteur Strasbourg, der UNAM Mexico, der Universitäten Bucharest, Tel Aviv, Nantes, St. Petersburg, Moskau, Debrecen, Dubna und anderen) sowie Ehrenprofessuren (University of Bejing, China, und Jilin University Changchun, China) und Ehrenmitglied vieler Akademien.

Superheavy Elements.- Nuclear Structure and Reactions.- High-Energy Nuclear Physics.- Astrophysics, Particle Physics.- Atomic Physics.- Theoretical Biology.- Photographs.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 29.5.2013
Reihe/Serie FIAS Interdisciplinary Science Series
Zusatzinfo XII, 519 p.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 923 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Atom- / Kern- / Molekularphysik
Schlagworte Astrophysics Black Holes • FIAS Lectures • Frankfurt Institute of Advanced Studies • Fundamental Neutrino Properties • Heavy Ion Collision • high energy nuclear physics • highly charged ions • Large Hadron Collider Results • Theoretical Biology Physics
ISBN-10 3-319-00046-2 / 3319000462
ISBN-13 978-3-319-00046-6 / 9783319000466
Zustand Neuware
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