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 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.

Product details

• Authors: Emil Zolotoyabko
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.2024
• EAN: 9783111343457
• ISBN: 978-3-11-134345-7
• No. of pages: 124
• Dimensions: 168 mm x 12 mm x 242 mm
• Weight: 251 g
• Illustrations: 3 b/w and 74 col. ill.
• Series: De Gruyter Textbook
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy