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- Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg, Germany
- Represents a daring attempt to revolutionize nuclear physics
- Explores the frontiers of coherent radiation-nuclei interaction
- Provides a reader-friendly, exciting introduction to each chapter
- Introduces key physical insights using accessible language, while also providing both detailed theory aspects in technical appendices and discussions on experimental realization
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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Novel coherent light sources such as x-ray free-electron lasers open exciting prospects for the interaction of light with nuclei. The thesis "Coherent Control of Nuclei and X-rays" covers this still-developing field and proposes, in a daring attempt to revolutionize nuclear physics, three innovative schemes for taming nuclei using coherent effects. The theoretical explorations, which address control of nuclear quantum states, a nuclear memory for single photons in future photonic circuits, and optimized concepts for a nuclear clock, make use of new approaches at the borderline between nuclear physics and quantum dynamics. The result is a well written work, impressive in its stimulating style and promising ideas.
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Book Title: Coherent Control of Nuclei and X-Rays
Authors: Wen-Te Liao
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02120-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-02119-5Published: 11 October 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-35024-0Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-02120-1Published: 02 October 2013
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 110
Number of Illustrations: 25 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
Topics: Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons, Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Quantum Optics