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Physical bodies can be hot or cold, moving or standing,simple or complex.  In all such cases one assumes that their respective temperature is a well defined attribute.  What if, however, the ordinary measurement of temperature by direct body contact is not possible?  One conjectures its value, and yes, its very existence, by reasoning based on basic principles of thermodynamics. Is There a Temperature?  Conceptual Challenges at High Energy, Acceleration and Complexity, by Dr. Tamás Sándor Bíró, begins by asking the questions “Do we understand and can we explain in a unified framework the temperature of distant radiation sources, including event horizons, and that of the quark matter produced in high energy accelerator experiments? Or the astounding fluctuations on financial markets?” The book reviews the concept of temperature from its beginnings through the evolution of classical thermodynamics and atomic statistical physics through contemporary models of high energy particle matter.  Based on the views of high energy nuclear physicists, it crosses over several traditional disciplines of university physics. Recent developments towards an abstract, general and thermodynamically consistent treatment of non-extensive systems are worked in.  Exercise problems and solutions help to deepen the reader’s understanding into the details behind the theories.  .

Science -- Experiments. --- Temperature. --- Thermodynamics. --- Thermodynamics --- Temperature --- Physics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Physics. --- Physical chemistry. --- Continuum physics. --- Elementary particles (Physics). --- Quantum field theory. --- Physical Chemistry. --- Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory. --- Classical Continuum Physics. --- Mathematical Methods in Physics. --- Chemistry, Physical and theoretical --- Dynamics --- Mechanics --- Heat --- Heat-engines --- Quantum theory --- Cold --- Chemistry, Physical organic. --- Quantum theory. --- Mathematical physics. --- Classical and Continuum Physics. --- Physical mathematics --- Quantum dynamics --- Quantum mechanics --- Quantum physics --- Chemistry, Physical organic --- Chemistry, Organic --- Mathematics --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Physical sciences --- Classical field theory --- Continuum physics --- Continuum mechanics --- Relativistic quantum field theory --- Field theory (Physics) --- Relativity (Physics) --- Elementary particles (Physics) --- High energy physics --- Nuclear particles --- Nucleons --- Nuclear physics --- Chemistry, Theoretical --- Physical chemistry --- Theoretical chemistry --- Chemistry

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Recent findings have implied a distinct therapeutic potential for drugs targeting Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) channels in a wide variety of diseases, many with no existing satisfactory treatment options. Thus, the TRP superfamily of ion channels has attracted a great deal of well-deserved attention.  TRP Channels in Drug Discovery provides a thorough collection of the most up-to-date reviews and protocols on the subject, coming from top experts in the field.  Volume II presents practical methodologies involving models for disorders of the cardiovascular system, the brain, skin, the metabolic system, as well as colitis, cancer, thermosensation, and musculoskeletal disorders.  Written for the Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology™ series, this work includes the kind of detailed description and key implementation advice that ensures successful results in the lab.   Comprehensive and cutting-edge, TRP Channels in Drug Discovery serves as an ideal reference for graduate students in academic laboratories as well as for pharmaceutical scientists developing new drugs and clinicians interested in novel drugs in the pipeline.

Toxicology. --- Proteomics. --- Pharmacology/Toxicology. --- Chemicals --- Medicine --- Pharmacology --- Poisoning --- Poisons --- Molecular biology --- Proteins --- Toxicology

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Physical bodies can be hot or cold, moving or standing,simple or complex.  In all such cases one assumes that their respective temperature is a well defined attribute.  What if, however, the ordinary measurement of temperature by direct body contact is not possible?  One conjectures its value, and yes, its very existence, by reasoning based on basic principles of thermodynamics. Is There a Temperature?  Conceptual Challenges at High Energy, Acceleration and Complexity, by Dr. Tamás Sándor Bíró, begins by asking the questions Do we understand and can we explain in a unified framework the temperature of distant radiation sources, including event horizons, and that of the quark matter produced in high energy accelerator experiments? Or the astounding fluctuations on financial markets?  The book reviews the concept of temperature from its beginnings through the evolution of classical thermodynamics and atomic statistical physics through contemporary models of high energy particle matter.  Based on the views of high energy nuclear physicists, it crosses over several traditional disciplines of university physics. Recent developments towards an abstract, general and thermodynamically consistent treatment of non-extensive systems are worked in.  Exercise problems and solutions help to deepen the reader's understanding into the details behind the theories.  

Mathematical physics --- Thermodynamics --- Elementary particles --- Matter physics --- Physicochemistry --- thermodynamica --- elementaire deeltjes --- eenheden --- kwantumleer --- wiskunde --- fysica --- fysicochemie

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Field theory, relying on the concept of continuous space and time while confronted with the quantum physical nature of observable quantities, still has some fundamental challenges to face. One such challenge is to understand the emergence of complexity in the behavior of interacting elementary fields, including among other things nontrivial phase structures of elementary matter at high energy density or an atypical emergence of statistical properties, e.g., when an apparent temperature is proportional to a constant acceleration in a homogeneous gravitational field. Most modern textbooks on thermal field theory are mainly concerned with how the field theory formalism should be used if a finite temperature is given. In contrast, this short primer explores how the phenomenon of temperature emerges physically for elementary fields - inquiring about the underlying kinetic field theory and the way energy fluctuations and other noise should be handled - and it investigates whether and how this harmonizes with traditional field theory concepts like spectral evolution, the Keldysh formalism, and phase transitions.

Mathematical statistics --- Quantum mechanics. Quantumfield theory --- Statistical physics --- Elementary particles --- Nuclear physics --- elementaire deeltjes --- quarks --- deeltjesfysica --- quantumtheorie --- kwantumleer --- statistiek --- kernenergie --- fysica --- atoomfysica

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This book is an English translation from a Hungarian book designed for graduate and postgraduate students about the use of variational principles in theoretical physics. Unlike many academic textbooks, it dashes across several lecture disciplines taught in physics courses. It emphasizes and demonstrates the use of the variational technique and philosophy behind the basic laws in mechanics, relativity theory, electromagnetism, and quantum mechanics. The book is meant for advanced students and young researchers in theoretical physics but, also, more experienced researchers can benefit from its reading.

Mathematical physics. --- Special relativity (Physics). --- Quantum physics. --- Quantum electrodynamics. --- Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics. --- Special Relativity. --- Quantum Physics. --- Quantum Electrodynamics, Relativistic and Many-body Calculations. --- Electrodynamics, Quantum --- QED (Physics) --- Quantum field theory --- Schwinger action principle --- Quantum dynamics --- Quantum mechanics --- Quantum physics --- Physics --- Mechanics --- Thermodynamics --- Ether drift --- Mass energy relations --- Relativity theory, Special --- Restricted theory of relativity --- Special theory of relativity --- Relativity (Physics) --- Physical mathematics --- Mathematics --- Variational principles. --- Extremum principles --- Minimal principles --- Variation principles --- Calculus of variations