Energy-Momentum Conservation Laws - From Solar Cells, Nuclear Energy, and Muscle Work to Positron Emission Tomography
Verlag | De Gruyter |
Auflage | 2024 |
Seiten | 124 |
Format | 16,8 x 1,2 x 24,2 cm |
Großformatiges Paperback. Klappenbroschur | |
Gewicht | 251 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
Reihe | De Gruyter Textbook |
ISBN-10 | 3111343456 |
EAN | 9783111343457 |
Bestell-Nr | 11134345A |
Conservation laws, reflecting the symmetry of space and time, play a vital role in understanding the surrounding world. Conservation laws allow us to explain very different phenomena from a unified point of view. The textbook illustrates this principle taking examples from mechanics, optics, nuclear physics, solid-state physics, and medicine. They include, for example, positron annihilation used in experiments aimed at neutrino registration and in the positron emission tomography for patient diagnostics; the functioning of solar cells, infrared detectors, and light emitting diodes (LEDs); slowing down fission neutrons toward achieving a nuclear chain reaction; jet propulsion of a rocket and an octopus; principles of magnetic resonance imaging and principles standing behind fission and fusion nuclear reactions; and more.