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.
Emil Zolotoyabko
Energy-Momentum Conservation Laws
From Solar Cells, Nuclear Energy, and Muscle Work to Positron Emission Tomography
Energy-Momentum Conservation Laws
From Solar Cells, Nuclear Energy, and Muscle Work to Positron Emission Tomography
Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 134 ● ISBN 9783111343921 ● File size 7.0 MB ● Publisher De Gruyter ● City Berlin/Boston ● Published 2024 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 9266409 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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