Resonance : applications in physical science / Michael M. Woolfson, University of York, UK.
- Author
- Woolfson, Michael M. (Michael Mark)
- Published
- London ; Hackensack, NJ : Imperial College Press, [2015]
- Physical Description
- xiii, 243 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 1.1.Simple Harmonic Motion -- 1.1.1.A mass on a vertical spring -- 1.1.2.The simple pendulum -- 1.1.3.The energy of simple harmonic motion -- 1.2.Damped Simple Harmonic Motion -- 1.2.1.Light damping -- 1.2.2.Heavy damping -- 1.2.3.Critical damping -- 1.3.Forced Vibration and Resonance -- Problems 1 -- 2.1.A Girl on a Swing -- 2.2.The Opera Singer and the Wine Glass -- 2.3.Bridges -- 2.3.1.The Broughton Suspension Bridge -- 2.3.2.The Millennium Bridge, London -- 2.4.Washboard Roads -- 2.5.Buildings and Earthquakes -- 2.6.Resonance and Musical Instruments -- 2.6.1.Resonance of air in a pipe -- 2.6.2.Resonance in a string -- 2.6.3.The violin -- 3.1.Direct-Current Circuits -- 3.2.Expressing an Alternating Potential Difference -- 3.3.Complex Impedances -- 3.3.1.Inductors -- 3.3.2.Capacitors -- 3.4.A Series LCR Resonance Circuit -- 3.5.A Parallel LCR Resonance Circuit -- Problems 3 -- 4.1.Kirkwood Gaps -- 4.2.Saturn's Rings -- 4.3.Volcanoes on the Satellite Io -- 4.3.1.Elastic hysteresis and Q values -- 4.3.2.Elliptical orbits -- 4.3.3.The generation of energy in Io by tidal stressing -- 4.4.Commensurabilities of Planetary and Satellite Orbits -- 4.4.1.Planetary commensurabilities -- 4.4.2.The commensurabilities of the Galilean satellites -- 4.4.3.The commensurabilities of some of Saturn's satellites -- 4.4.4.The Trojan asteroids -- Problems 4 -- 5.1.A Brief Review of the Structure of Atoms -- 5.2.Intrinsic Spins and Magnetic Moments -- 5.2.1.Orientation of nuclei in a magnetic field -- 5.3.Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) -- 5.3.1.Larmor precession -- 5.3.2.The basic physics of the MRI process -- 5.3.3.Fourier transforms -- 5.3.4.The MRI procedure -- 5.4.Other Applications of NMR -- Problems 5 -- 6.1.The Electronic Structure of Molecules and Free Radicals -- 6.1.1.The electronic structure of atoms -- 6.1.2.The electronic structure of molecules -- 6.1.3.The electronic structure of free radicals -- 6.2.The Basic Theory of Electron Spin Resonance -- 6.3.The Form and Use of an ESR Spectrometer -- 6.4.ESR Spectra -- 6.4.1.ESR spectra for a single neighbouring nucleus with nuclear spin -- 6.4.2.Many nuclei in equivalent positions -- 6.4.3.Two sets of non-equivalent nuclei -- Problems 6 -- 7.1.Fraunhofer Lines -- 7.1.1.Energy levels in atoms -- 7.1.2.Atomic spectra -- 7.1.3.Formation of Fraunhofer lines -- 7.2.Lasers -- 7.2.1.Spontaneous and stimulated emission -- 7.2.2.A simple laser system and uses of lasers -- 7.3.Radar -- 7.3.1.The klystron amplifier -- 7.3.2.The cavity magnetron -- 7.4.The Anomalous Scattering of X-rays -- 7.4.1.Scattering from a free electron -- 7.4.2.Scattering from a bound electron -- Problems 7 -- 8.1.The Beginning of Nuclear Physics -- 8.2.The Cockcroft[—]Walton Experiment -- 8.3.The Cyclotron -- 8.3.1.Maintaining resonance -- 8.3.2.Overcoming special relativity effects -- 8.4.Linear Particle Accelerators -- 8.5.Synchrotrons -- 8.6.Particles and Particle Colliders -- 8.6.1.The neutrino -- 8.6.2.Leptons -- 8.6.3.Quarks and sub-atomic particles -- 8.6.4.Particle colliders -- Problems 8 -- 9.1.The Basis of the Mossbauer Effect -- 9.2.Natural Line-Widths -- 9.3.Doppler Broadening -- 9.4.The Effect of Recoil -- 9.5.Nuclear Emission of γ-rays -- 9.6.Factors Affecting γ-Ray Emission -- 9.6.1.Natural line-width for γ-rays -- 9.6.2.Doppler line broadening for γ-rays -- 9.6.3.The recoil frequency shift for γ-rays -- 9.7.Mössbauer Spectroscopy -- 9.7.1.Experimental equipment -- 9.8.Spectral Features -- 9.8.1.Isomer shift -- 9.8.2.Quadrupole splitting -- 9.8.3.Magnetic splitting -- 9.9.Information from Mossbauer Spectroscopy -- Problem 9.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9781783265381 hardback alkaline paper
1783265388 hardback alkaline paper
9781783265398 paperback alkaline paper
1783265396 paperback alkaline paper - Note
- Includes index.
- Source of Acquisition
- Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 2014
- Endowment Note
- Paterno Libraries Endowment
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