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This book presents the first jet measurement at the LHC, confronting experimental challenges of precision measurements. Inclusive jet cross section data illustrate the momentum distribution of quarks and gluons in the proton, the magnitude of the strong force.

Sean Ashton's doctoral thesis, which he finished at the Technical University in Munich, describes the challenge of constructing a Differential Electrochemical Mass Spectrometer instrument (DEMS).

This outstanding review of the literature on the core theoretical foundations of applied statistical pattern recognition defines a novel mode of pattern recognition and classification, based on independent component analysis mixture modeling (ICAMM).

Electric control of magnetic properties, or inversely, magnetic control of dielectric properties in solids, is called a magnetoelectric effect and has long been investigated from the point of view of both fundamental physics and potential application.

This book presents the first report of the comprehensive and quantitative analysis of the effects of tumor-derived mutations on the tetrameric structure of tumor suppressor protein p53, which plays a central role in maintaining genomic integrity.

This book addresses the direct imaging of hydrogen-bond dynamics within water-based model systems assembled on a metal surface, using a scanning tunneling microscope (STM).

The most massive stars in the galaxy - those with more than 15 to 20 solar masses - are lilkely to ionize their surroundings before they reach their final mass.

Expanding and building on the new science of complex photonics, this book offers a comprehensive investigation of the role of disorder in nonlinear optical propagation, both in transparent media and lasers.

This book presents a detailed study of the inter- and intramolecular reactions of carbonyl compounds with 1.6-enynes using gold (I) complexes. The lundurine products developed in this work show significant in vitro cytoxicity toward B16 melanoma cells.

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This book develops a computer program for deriving complex Dyson-Schwinger equations. It offers an important theoretical contribution to our understanding of quark confinement. Winner of the prestigious Viktor Hess Prize of the Austrian Physical Society.

This thesis describes the application of a Monte Carlo radiative transfer code to accretion disc winds in two types of systems spanning 9 orders of magnitude in mass and size.

However, the synthesis of functionalized organoboron compounds remains a challenging issue because known reactions often require the use of highly reactive organometallic carbon nucleophiles.

This book studies the structural, magnetic and electronic properties of, as well as magnetic excitations in, high-temperature BaFe2-xNixAs2 superconductors using neutron diffraction and neutron spectroscopic methods.

This book mainly focuses on the experimental research of rf breakdown and field emission with novel methods, including triggering rf breakdown with high intensity laser and pin-shaped cathodes as well as locating field emitters with a high resolution in-situ imaging system.

Even though there exists no explanation of why different particle types carry certain masses, the internal consistency of the currently best theory-the standard model of particle physics-yields a relation between the masses of the top quark, the so-called W boson, and the yet unobserved Higgs particle.

Presenting the first discovery of single top quark production, this volume documents one of the flagship measurements of the D0 experiment, a collaboration of more than 600 physicists from around the world. The text presents the first observation of a physical process known as "single top quark production."

This book demonstrates how two universally conserved guanosine triphosphatases in the signal recognition particle and its membrane receptor maintain the efficiency and fidelity of the co-translational protein targeting process essential to all cells.

This book offers results that influence many high temperature and pressure applications. It provides findings that will offer increased control over the performance of ceramic and semiconductor materials for a wide-range of applications.

Aerosols play a critical role in a broad range of scientific disciplines. This book explores a new technique for capturing single or multiple particles using light and for characterizing these particles by Raman or fluorescence spectroscopy.

Using the model system of a photorefractive nonlinearity, this volume presents a comprehensive picture of the control of nonlinear and quantum optics phenomena in photonic lattices. The test describes resonant transitions in two-dimensional hexagonal lattices, for the first time.

The results of this exceptional thesis on free boundary problems in singularly perturbed PDEs develop our understanding of the effects of strong competition between species. The research has a wealth of valuable applications in both physics and biology.

Systematically surveying the state of the art in vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, this thesis examines their present limitations as well as offering a catalogue of solutions through modeling, fabricating and testing at commercially crucial wavelengths.

This is a major contribution to the field of charge transport through organic pi-conjugated molecules. Besides its impact on molecular electronics, the work also applies to the design and development of light harvesting, photoconversion and catalytic modules.

Ranging from plant photonics to theoretical optics, this book covers natural structural colours and biomimetic photonic structures as well complex artificial photonic structures. The photonic effects discussed are supported by state-of-the-art calculations.

Systematic investigations of the structure, mechanics, and dynamics of biological surfaces help us understand more about biological processes taking place at cell and bacteria surfaces.

This thesis presents a compact and coherent introduction of basic theoretical features, which provides a foundation for the development of approaches for calculation of condensed phase entropies on the basis of well-established quantum chemical methods.

Laser-driven proton beams are still in their infancy but already have some outstanding attributes compared to those produced in conventional accelerators.

This book presents the results of time-dependent tight-binding simulations of radiation damage. It explores the effects of electronic excitations in collision cascades and ion channeling, and presents a new model.

This book examines characterization and evaluation of a semi-large aperture photoconducting antenna fabricated on Fe-doped bulk Ga0.69In0.31As substrate as a high-power terahertz radiation source for time-domain terahertz spectroscopy and imaging systems.