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Michael Hauschild führt den Leser dieses essentials zurück zu den Anfängen des CERN, des Europäischen Forschungszentrums für Teilchenphysik bei Genf; einem der faszinierendsten Forschungszentren überhaupt, zu seiner Geschichte, zu seinen Menschen und seinen Beschleunigern. Der Autor erläutert die Funktionsweise von Teilchenbeschleunigern und wie ausgehend von den ersten Ideen schließlich der Large Hadron Collider LHC gebaut wurde, der größte Teilchenbeschleuniger der Welt und die heutige Weltmaschine. Nach einer Pause von mehr als zwei Jahren wurde der LHC im Frühjahr 2015 wieder in Betrieb genommen, um mit höherer Energie als je zuvor die Geheimnisse der Natur zu enträtseln. Der Inhalt Das CERN-Labor und die Beschleuniger Ein bisschen Physik – das Standardmodell Der erste Nobelpreis: die W- und Z0-Bosonen Teilchenbeschleuniger – wie geht das? Der Large Hadron Collider LHC Die Zielgruppen Wissenschaftlich interessierte Laien und Schüler Lehrende und Studierende des Studium Generale und der Naturwissenschaften Der Autor Michael Hauschild ist Teilchenphysiker am CERN in Genf und seit 2005 Mitglied des ATLAS Experiments am Large Hadron Collider LHC. Während der ersten langen Messperiode des LHC von 2010 bis 2012 hat er die Entdeckung des Higgs-Teilchens im Sommer 2012 unmittelbar miterlebt.

Particle acceleration. --- Nuclear physics. --- Heavy ions. --- Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics. --- Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons.

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MILS-16 provides an up-to-date review of the impact of alkali metal ions on life. Their bioinorganic chemistry and analytical determination, the solid state structures of bio-ligand complexes and the properties of alkali metal ions in solution in the context of all kinds of biologically relevant ligands are covered, this includes proteins (enzymes) and nucleic acids (G-quadruplexes). Minerals containing sodium (Na+) and potassium (K+) are abundant in the Earth's crust, making Na+ and K+ easily available. In contrast, the alkali elements lithium (Li+), rubidium, and cesium are rare and the radioactive francium occurs only in traces. Since the intra- and extracellular, as well as the compartmental concentrations of Na+ and K+ differ significantly, homeostasis and active transport of these ions are important; this involves transporters/carriers and pore-forming ion channel proteins. Systems like Na+/K+-ATPases, H+/K+-ATPases or Na+/H+ antiporters are thoroughly discussed. The role of K+ in photosynthesis and the role of Na+ in charging the "battery of life" are pointed out. Also, the relationships between alkali metal ions and diseases (e.g., Parkinson or traumatic brain injury) are covered and the relevance of Li+ salts in medicine (pharmacology and mechanism) is reviewed. This and more is treated in an authoritative and timely manner in the 16 stimulating chapters of Volume 16, The Alkali Metal Ions: Their Role for Life, which are written by 44 internationally recognized experts from 12 nations. The impact of this vibrant research area is manifested in nearly 3000 references, over 30 tables and more than 150 illustrations (two thirds in color). MILS-16 also provides excellent information for teaching. Astrid Sigel, Helmut Sigel, and Roland K. O. Sigel have long-standing interests in Biological Inorganic Chemistry. Their research focuses on metal ion interactions with nucleotides and nucleic acids and on related topics. They edited previously 44 volumes in the series Metal Ions in Biological Systems.

Biochemistry. --- Biology - General --- Biochemistry --- Chemistry --- Biology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Metal ions. --- Alkali metals. --- Light metals --- Ions --- Biochemistry, general. --- Biological chemistry --- Chemical composition of organisms --- Organisms --- Physiological chemistry --- Medical sciences --- Composition

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This thesis presents the first measurement of charmed D0 meson production relative to the reaction plane in Pb–Pb collisions at the center-of-mass energy per nucleon-nucleon collision of √sNN = 2.76 TeV. It also showcases the measurement of the D0 production in p–Pb collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV with the ALICE detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The measurement of the D0 azimuthal anisotropy with respect to the reaction plane indicates that low- momentum charm quarks participate in the collective expansion of the high-density, strongly interacting medium formed in ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions, despite their large mass. This behavior can be explained by charm hadronization via recombination with light quarks from the medium and collisional energy loss. The measurement of the D0 production in p–Pb collisions is crucial to separate the effect induced by cold nuclear matter from the final- state effects induced by the hot medium formed in Pb–Pb collisions. The D0 production in p–Pb collisions is consistent with the binary collision scaling of the production in pp collisions, demonstrating that the modification of the momentum distribution observed in Pb–Pb collisions with respect to pp is predominantly induced by final-state effects such as the charm energy loss.

Physics. --- Quantum field theory. --- String theory. --- Cosmology. --- Nuclear physics. --- Heavy ions. --- Hadrons. --- Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons. --- Quantum Field Theories, String Theory. --- Mesons. --- Heavy electrons --- Mesotrons --- Ions --- Electrons --- Hadrons --- Muons --- Atomic nuclei --- Atoms, Nuclei of --- Nucleus of the atom --- Physics --- Models, String --- String theory --- Nuclear reactions --- Relativistic quantum field theory --- Field theory (Physics) --- Quantum theory --- Relativity (Physics) --- Astronomy --- Deism --- Metaphysics

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The book provides a generalized theoretical technique for solving the fewbody Schrödinger equation. Straight forward approaches to solve it in terms of position vectors of constituent particles and using standard mathematical techniques become too cumbersome and inconvenient when the system contains more than two particles. The introduction of Jacobi vectors, hyperspherical variables and hyperspherical harmonics as an expansion basis is an elegant way to tackle systematically the problem of an increasing number of interacting particles. Analytic expressions for hyperspherical harmonics, appropriate symmetrisation of the wave function under exchange of identical particles and calculation of matrix elements of the interaction have been presented. Applications of this technique to various problems of physics have been discussed. In spite of straight forward generalization of the mathematical tools for increasing number of particles, the method becomes computationally difficult for more than a few particles. Hence various approximation methods have also been discussed. Chapters on the potential harmonics and its application to Bose-Einstein condensates (BEC) have been included to tackle dilute system of a large number of particles. A chapter on special numerical algorithms has also been provided. This monograph is a reference material for theoretical research in the few-body problems for research workers starting from advanced graduate level students to senior scientists.

Mathematical physics. --- Physics - General --- Physics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Mathematical physics --- Data processing. --- Nuclear physics. --- Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation. --- Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons. --- Mathematical Methods in Physics. --- Mathematical Physics. --- Physical mathematics --- Atomic nuclei --- Atoms, Nuclei of --- Nucleus of the atom --- Mathematics --- Physics. --- Heavy ions. --- Ions --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Physical sciences --- Dynamics

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This book shows how the study of multi-hadron production phenomena in the years after the founding of CERN culminated in Hagedorn's pioneering idea of limiting temperature, leading on to the discovery of the quark-gluon plasma -- announced, in February 2000 at CERN. Following the foreword by Herwig Schopper -- the Director General (1981-1988) of CERN at the key historical juncture -- the first part is a tribute to Rolf Hagedorn (1919-2003) and includes contributions by contemporary friends and colleagues, and those who were most touched by Hagedorn: Tamás Biró, Igor Dremin, Torleif Ericson, Marek Gaździcki, Mark Gorenstein, Hans Gutbrod, Maurice Jacob, István Montvay, Berndt Müller, Grazyna Odyniec, Emanuele Quercigh, Krzysztof Redlich, Helmut Satz, Luigi Sertorio, Ludwik Turko, and Gabriele Veneziano. The second and third parts retrace 20 years of developments that after discovery of the Hagedorn temperature in 1964 led to its recognition as the melting point of hadrons into boiling quarks, and to the rise of the experimental relativistic heavy ion collision program. These parts contain previously unpublished material authored by Hagedorn and Rafelski: conference retrospectives, research notes, workshop reports, in some instances abbreviated to avoid duplication of material, and rounded off with the editor's explanatory notes. About the editor: Johann Rafelski is a theoretical physicist working at The University of Arizona in Tucson, USA. Born in 1950 in Krakow, Poland, he received his Ph.D. with Walter Greiner in Frankfurt, Germany in 1973. Rafelski arrived at CERN in 1977, where in a joint effort with Hagedorn he contributed greatly to the establishment of the relativistic heavy ion collision, and quark-gluon plasma research fields. Moving on, with stops in Frankfurt and Cape Town, to Arizona, he invented and developed the strangeness quark flavor as the signature of quark-gluon plasma.

Nuclear physics. --- Heavy ions. --- Physics. --- Particle acceleration. --- History. --- Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons. --- History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics. --- Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics. --- History of Science. --- Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Particles (Nuclear physics) --- Acceleration (Mechanics) --- Nuclear physics --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Physical sciences --- Dynamics --- Ions --- Atomic nuclei --- Atoms, Nuclei of --- Nucleus of the atom --- Physics --- Acceleration