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Searching the Trans-Neptunian Region
The Edgeworth-Kuiper-Belt is considered to be the remnant of the formation disk of the planetary system around the Sun. For about 8 years the...
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Introduction
The state of a physical system is the mathematical description of our knowledge of it, and provides information on its future and past. A state...
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2 Quantum Tomographic Methods
The state of a physical system is the mathematical object that provides a complete information on the system. The knowledge of the state is...
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9 Quantum Operations on Qubitsand Their Characterization
Information encoded in quantum system has to obey rules of quantum physics which impose strict bounds on state estimation and on possible...
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The Why and Howof Radioactive-Beam Research
Research with radioactive ion beams has entered in the last decade a new era with the advent of energetic beams of radioactive nuclei which can...
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Traps for Rare Isotopes
Ion traps are widely used in fundamental and applied research. Over the past decade they have also gained significance as tools in experimental...
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Experiments with Radioactive Nuclear Beams
These lectures concern experiments with radioactive ion beams. After a brief historical overview, the different production methods for radioactive...
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Nuclear Reactions with Exotic Beams
We review different aspects of the physics involved in reactions induced by exotic nuclear beams. These include, in particular, effects associated...
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Survey of Current Theoretical Schemes
With a view to the growing interest in heavy-ion stop**, theoretical schemes have been developed over the past few years aiming at calculating...
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Statistics of Particle Penetration
The importance of statistical considerations in the physics of particle penetration has been emphasized in particular by Bohr (1948). An extensive...
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8 Characterization of Quantum Devices
Using quantum tomography and a single entangled state it is possible to characterize completely a quantum device, a channel, or a measuring...
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Medical Applications of Accelerated Ions
Accelerated ions have significant advantages for radiotherapy. From the physical side these are the inverse depth dose profile (the increase of the...
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In-Flight Separation of Projectile Fragments
The in-flight or direct production of secondary beams of radioactive ions is discussed. Two reaction mechanisms, fragmentation and fission of fast...
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Weak Interaction Studies by Precision Experiments in Nuclear Beta Decay
The framework and formalism related to the study of symmetries and the structure of the weak interaction in nuclear β-decay are presented and...
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Equation of State of Hypernuclear Matter and Neutron Stars
These lectures contain a pedagogical introduction to the equation of state of nuclear matter and to the structure of neutron stars. Particular...
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Nuclear Astrophysics: Selected Topics
The lectures try to summarize a few of the recent developments in nuclear astrophysics. Among those are the confirmation of the solar model and their...
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Materials Chemistry of Group 13 Nitrides
The OMVPE process has been used to grow thin films of group 13 nitrides, namely GaN, InN, and AlN. In recent years there has been a great deal of...
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Dynamical Theory of Parametric X-ray Radiation
Previous chapters demonstrate a close analogue between the theory of parametric X-ray radiation (PXR) in thin crystals and the kinematic theory of...
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Radiation from a Charged Particle in Periodic Media: Classical Theory
The method of pseudophotons, considered in the previous chapter, is convenient for qualitative analysis of parametric X-ray radiation (PXR). PXR in...
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Sol-Gel Approaches to Photonic Crystal Systems
A prerequisite for an efficient ”molding the flow of light” by photonic crystals is the molding of materials in desired nanostructures. Very often,...