In celebration of K.C. Hines / editors, Bruce H.J. McKellar, Ken Amos.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McKellar, Bruce H. J.

Amos, Ken.

Hines, K. C. (Kenneth Charles), 1926-2005.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents a comprehensive review of a diverse range of subjects in physics written by physicists who have all been taught by or are associated with K C Hines. Ken Hines was a great mentor with far-reaching influence on his students who later went on to make outstanding contributions to physics in their careers. The papers provide significant insights into statistical physics, plasma physics from fluorescent lighting to quantum pair plasmas, cosmic ray physics, nuclear reactions, and many other fields. <i>Sample Chapter(s)</i><br>Chapter 1: Concerning Ken Hines... (358 KB)<br> <br><i

Contents:

Contents; Preface; 1. Concerning Ken Hines . . .; 1.1. Obituary published in the 'Age' newspaper; 1.2. Curriculum vitae: Kenneth Charles Hines; 1.3. Some short stories about Ken; 1.3.1. Roger Hosking reminisces; 1.3.2. Ken Amos reminisces; 1.3.3. Vic Kowalenko reminisces; 1.3.4. Zwi Barnea reminisces; 1.3.5. "Legend's" Thursday lunch club award number four; 1.3.6. Graeme Lister reminisces; 1.3.7. Bob Dewar reminisces; 1.3.8. Norm Frankel reminisces; 2. Structures of Exotic Nuclei from Nucleon-Nucleus Scattering Data Ken Amos; 2.1. Introduction

2.2. MCAS and nucleon-nucleus systems at low and negative energies2.3. g-folding optical potentials and the DWA; 2.4. Studies of the isotopes of Carbon using nucleon-Carbon interactions; 2.4.1. Using MCAS and the spectra of odd-mass isotopes; 2.4.2. Using g-folding optical potentials; 2.5. MCAS and hypernuclei; 2.6. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; 3. Resonant X-Ray Scattering and X-Ray Absorption: Closing the Circle? Zwi Barnea, Chris T. Chantler, Martin D. de Jonge, Andrew W. Stevenson and Chanh Q. Tran; 3.1. Bragg intensity measurements from extended-face crystals

3.2. Bijvoet ratios3.3. X-ray mass attenuation measurements; 3.4. Attenuation measurements in the vicinity of the absorption edge; 3.5. A combined experiment; Acknowledgments; References; 4. The Screened Field of a Test Particle Robert L. Dewar; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. The formal solution; 4.3. Analytical approximations; 4.3.1. Small v0; 4.3.2. Intermediate velocity (v2 i )1/2 v0 Cs (forward field); 4.3.4. Intermediate velocity (v2 i )1/2 Cs (wake field); 4.4. Numerical solution

4.4.1. Formulation of the numerical method4.4.2. Small v0 results; 4.4.3. Intermediate v0 results; 4.4.4. Supersonic case; 4.4.5. Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; 5. Self-Avoiding Walks as a Canonical Model of Phase Transitions A. J. Guttmann; 5.1. Introduction; 5.1.1. The collapse transition; 5.1.2. The adsorption transition; 5.2. Biological models: SAW as models of DNA; 5.2.1. The DNA denaturation transition; 5.2.2. Vesicle collapse; 5.2.3. Macromolecular desorption from a surface; 5.3. Self-avoiding walks crossing a square; 5.3.1. Bounds on the growth constant λ

5.3.1.1. Upper bounds on λ5.3.1.2. Lower bounds on λ; 5.3.2. Results; 5.3.3. Numerical analysis; 5.4. Discussion; Acknowledgments; References; 6. Aspects of Plasma Physics Roger J. Hosking; 6.1. Preamble; 6.2. Introduction; 6.3. Boltzmann equation; 6.4. Moment equations; 6.5. Macroscopic equations; 6.6. Plasma pressure tensor; Appendix A. Derivation of Eq. (6.13); References; 7. Further Properties of a Magnetised Maxwellian Plasma Victor Kowalenko; 7.1. Introduction; 7.2. Screening potential of a test-particle; 7.3. Relativistic charged boson pair plasma; 7.4. Static screening potential

7.5. Ion-acoustic modes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612762079

9781282762077

1282762079

9789814293662

9814293660

OCLC:

630153463