... Institute of Physics) . Reprinted, with permission, from E.N.Parker, The physicsof the Sun and the gateway to the stars, Physics Today 53(6), 26-31, June 2000. Copyright 2000, AmericanInstitute of Physics. ... PLASMA PHYSICSOF THE LOCAL COSMOSPlasma Physicsof the Local Cosmos examines the universal properties of solar system plasmas andidentifies a number of open questions illustrative of the ... the small scale size of the dissipation region (of the order of tens of meters in the solar atmosphere and tens of kilometers in the magnetosphere) makes the acquisition of datavery difficult....
... to be expected because of emerging interdisciplinaryareas of physics. Naturally, each of these reports makes its recommendationsfrom the perspective of the subfield ofphysics involved. This ... large-scaledistribution of galaxies, and studies of gravitational lenses, provide ways to mea-sure the geometry of the universe and the value of the cosmological constant.Extending our understanding ofphysics ... andcurvatures in the earliest moments of the universe is one of the great challenges of theoretical physics. Not only is a quantum theory of gravity needed, but also atheory of the universes quantum initial...
... den Proportionen des menschlichen Korpers. 1854. 9 Archive of Physics: physics/ 0411195, 2004 The Golden Mean and the Physicsof Aesthetics Subhash Kak Louisiana State University, ... only one of a large number of such ratios. We review its early history, especially its relationship to the Mount Meru of Pingala. We examine the successive divisions of 3, 7, and 22 notes of Indian ... the appearance of the Golden Ratio in the arts (e.g. in the works of Giotto, Seurat, Mondrian). The history of art has nevertheless shown that artists who have produced works of truly lasting...
... Spherical phase ' Figure 1: Phase diagram of the Interacting Boson Model-1. As an example of application of the new dynamic symmetry consider the case of the spherical to gamma-unstable transition. ... Structure Physics Celebrating the career of Peter von Brentano University of Gottingen, Germany 5-8 March 2001 Editors Rick Casten Yale University, USA Jan Jolie Uniuersity of Cologne, ... isotopic chain without changes of the nuclear structure. The ultimate proof for the 2+ <g> 3~ two-phonon structure of the levels discussed is the observation of the decays to the one-phonon...
... Related Devices 35 Ch.5 MOS Capacitor and MOSFET 52 Ch.6 Advanced MOSFET and Related Devices 62 Ch.7 MESFET and Related Devices 68 Ch.8 Microwave Diode, Quantum-Effect and Hot-Electron Devices ... radius of each sphere is 1/4 (a 2 ). ∴ Maximum fraction of cell filled = (1 + 3) {4π[(a/2) / 4 ]3 / 3} / a3 = 74 %. (c) For a diamond lattice, a unit cell contains 1/8 of a sphere at each of ... contains 1/8 of a sphere at each of the eight corners for a total of one sphere, 1/2 of a sphere at each of the six faces for a total of three spheres, and 4 spheres inside the cell. The diagonal...