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Michael Kidger's atomic physics notes / edited by Tina E. Kidger, Chris Dainty, Emery L. Moore.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- SPIE digital library
- SPIE monograph ; PM376.
- SPIE Press monograph ; PM376
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Atomic theory.
- Nuclear physics.
- Optics.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 172 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Bellingham, Washington : SPIE, 2024.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- "This book shows Michael Kidger's early work while he was a student at Imperial College London before becoming a world-renowned, highly sought-after lecturer of optical design throughout the world. Michael's course notes on atomic physics, in his own handwriting, show an extraordinary attention to detail that is continued in his worldwide lectures on optical design as published by SPIE in Fundamental Optical Design, December 2001 and Intermediate Optical Design, January 2004."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Preface / by Chris Dainty
- Michael J. Kidger Biography / by Tina E. Kidger
- 1) The conduction of electricity through gases
- 2) Electric Discharge through gasses at low pressures
- 3) The Charge and Mass of the Electron
- 4) Positive Rays and the Brass Spectrograph
- 5) The Quantum Theory
- 6) The Thermionic Effect
- 7) Photo-Electricity
- 8) Atomic Spectra and the Periodic Table
- 9) X-Rays and their properties
- 10) The Structures of Crystals
- 11) The Wave Mechanics
- 12) Electron Collisions in Gases
- 13) Radioactivity and the Radioactivity Transformations
- 14) The Alpha particle
- 15) The Beta rays
- 16) The Gamma rays
- 17) The Detection of Single Atomic Particles
- 18) Cosmic Radiation: The Position
- 19) Mesons
- 20) High Energy Particle Accelerators
- 21) The Nucleus of the Atom
- 22) The Neutron
- 23) Nuclear Fission
- 24) Atomic Energy Nuclear Reactors
- 25) The Relativity Theory
- Epilogue / by Emery L. Moore
- Notes:
- Title from PDF title page (SPIE eBooks Website, viewed 2024-09-12)
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781510678651
- OCLC:
- 1452290123
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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