Biophysics books

In this work, three methods of measuring the polarization state of light in the thermal infrared (3-12 mum) are...  Read More >>

The concept of relic kinematic assemblages from dispersed stellar clusters has remained contentious since Eggen's...  Read More >>

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28Si is formed by successive alpha captures on 12C during the AGB (asymptotic giant branch) stage of stellar burning....  Read More >>

The superconducting proximity effect allows for the introduction of pair correlations into otherwise normal metals...  Read More >>

Causality dictates that all physical media must be dispersive. (We will call a medium dispersive if its refractive...  Read More >>

The modeling and investigation of the dynamics and configurations of animal groups is a subject of growing attention....  Read More >>

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Despite inherent randomness and thermal fluctuations, controllable molecular devices or molecular machines are currently...  Read More >>

The purpose of this work is to study the general characteristics of Martian global dust storms, and their relation...  Read More >>

Hard magnetic nanoparticles have many applications, such as high density recording media, and magnetic nano-devices....  Read More >>

Development of high average power lasers has historically been limited by the properties of available gain media....  Read More >>

Since the experimental achievement of Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) in dilute gases, ultra-cold atom systems...  Read More >>

In this dissertation we study several topics in string theory and quantum field theory, which we collect into three...  Read More >>

Atmospheres of planets orbiting low mass stars have properties unlike those typically studied by climatologists....  Read More >>

The objective of this work was to study dc and High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering (HiPIMS) plasmas in order...  Read More >>

Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) is the fundamental theory that governs hadronic physics. However, due to its non-perturbative...  Read More >>

Current portable near-infrared optical frequency references offer modest accuracy and instability compared to laboratory...  Read More >>

This thesis is a detailed presentation of a precision measurement of the mass of the W boson. It has been obtained...  Read More >>

This dissertation presents the results and implications of the isotopic analyses of presolar graphite grains from...  Read More >>

We begin by reviewing the basic theory and phenomenology of twin Higgs models. In these theories, the Higgs arises...  Read More >>

A neutral atom interacting with a single mode of a high finesse cavity provides an opportunity to study uncharted...  Read More >>

The APOLLO Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR) system studies gravity by tracing out the orbit of the moon to 1 mm, over many...  Read More >>

Wavelength scanning interferometry offers a new dimension in precision metrology by measuring the cavity length...  Read More >>

A new method of generating basis functions for reactive and collision-induced dissociation three-body scattering...  Read More >>