Energy-Momentum Conservation Laws: From Solar Cells, Nuclear Energy, and Muscle Work to Positron Emission Tomography

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...

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Main Author: Zolotoyabko, Emil (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; Boston De Gruyter [2024]
Series:De Gruyter Textbook
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Online Access:DE-1046
DE-1043
DE-858
DE-859
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Summary: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
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Jan 2024)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (X, 124 Seiten)
ISBN:9783111343549
DOI:10.1515/9783111343549

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