Forensic ballistics in court [[electronic resource] ] : interpretation and presentation of firearms evidence / / Brian J. Heard

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452731103321
• Autore: Heard Brian J
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, England, : Wiley-Blackwell, c2013
• ISBN: 1-118-50501-8; 1-299-38527-3; 1-118-50499-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (397 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.25/62
• Soggetti: Forensic ballistics; Firearms - Identification; Bullets - Identification; Criminal investigation; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Forensic Ballistics in Court: Interpretation and Presentation of Firearms Evidence; Contents; About the Author; Introduction; About the companion website; 1.0 Firearms History; 1.0.1 Introduction; 1.0.2 The flintlock; 1.0.3 The percussion system; 1.0.4 The pinfire system; 1.0.5 The rimfire system; 1.0.6 The Dreyse needle fire system; 1.0.7 The centre fire system; 1.0.8 The revolver; 1.0.9 The self-loading pistol; Further reading; 2.0 Weapon Types and Their Operation; 2.0.1 Introduction; 2.0.2 Handguns; 2.0.3 Rifles; 2.0.4 Shotguns; 2.0.5 Combination weapons; 2.0.6 Sub-machine guns; 2.0.7 Assault rifles2.0.8 Machine guns and heavy machine guns; 2.0.9 Muzzle attachments; 2.0.10 Important parts of a weapons mechanism; 2.0.11 Bent and sear; 2.0.12 Other important parts of a revolver mechanism; 2.0.13 Hand and ratchet; Further reading; 2.1 Gas and Air Powered Weapons; 2.1.1 Introduction; 2.1.2 Weapon types; 2.1.3 Ammunition; 2.1.4 Considerations; Further reading; 2.2 Rifling Types and Their Identification; 2.2.1 Introduction; 2.2.2 Basics; 2.2.3 Class characteristics; 2.2.4 General introduction to rifling; Additional reading; ; 2.3 Home-made, Improvised and Converted Firearms; 2.3.1 Introduction2.3.2 Improvised firearms; 2.3.3 Converting air weapons; 2.3.4 Home-made and converted toys and replica weapons; 2.3.5 Home-made ammunition; Further reading; 2.4 Antique Weapons; 2.4.1 Introduction; 2.4.2 Background; 2.4.3 Defining 'antique'; 3.0 Proof Marks; 3.0.1 Introduction; 3.0.2 Proof marks; 3.0.3 Types of proof; 3.0.4 Proof marks and the examiner; 3.0.5 Examples of proof marks; Further reading; 4.0 A Brief History of Ammunition; 4.0.1 Introduction; 4.0.2 Basics; Further reading; 4.1 Ammunition Components; 4.1.1 Introduction; 4.1.2 Basics; 4.1.3 Ammunition types; 4.1.4 Primer cap types4.1.5 Cartridge cases; 4.1.6 Shotgun ammunition; Further reading; 4.2 Bullet Types; 4.2.1 Introduction; 4.2.2 Basics; 4.2.3 Bullet materials; 4.2.4 Other bullet types; 4.2.5 Bullet nose configuration; 4.2.6 Bullet base configuration; 4.2.7 Bullet lubrication; Further reading; 4.3 Headstamps and Other Identifying Features on Ammunition; 4.3.1 Introduction; 4.3.2 Basics; 4.3.3 Clandestine ammunition; 4.3.4 Colour coding of ammunition; Further reading; 4.4 Non-toxic and Frangible Bullets; 4.4.1 Introduction; 4.4.2 Elimination of lead in ammunition; 4.4.3 Materials used in non-toxic ammunition4.4.4 The current situation; Further reading; 4.5 Non-toxic Shot; 4.5.1 Introduction; 4.5.2 Materials used in non-toxic shotgun ammunition; Suggested further reading; 4.6 A Brief History of Propellants; 4.6.1 Introduction; 4.6.2 Basics; 4.6.3 Black powder; 4.6.4 Nitro propellants; 4.6.5 Dating of ammunition; 4.6.6 Reduced loads for target shooting; Further reading; 4.7 Priming Compounds; 4.7.1 Introduction; 4.7.2 Basics; 4.7.3 A short history of priming compounds; 4.7.4 Manufacture; 4.7.5 Accidental discharge of primers; Further reading; 5.0 An Introduction to Ballistics
• Sommario/riassunto: Forensic Ballistics in Court: Interpretation and Presentation of Firearms Evidence is an accessible introduction to firearms and ballistics evidence and how this is analysed and presented as evidence in a court of law. The book approaches the subject in terms of the realities of case work, opening with a clear and illustrated explanation of the correct nomenclature for various weapon types and their parts. Ammunition is also extensively covered, again with annotated illustrations. Basic external and terminal ballistics, wounding capabilities are likewise covered to give an over

Introduction to black hole physics [[electronic resource] /] / Valeri P. Frolov & Andrei Zelnikov

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465135903321
• Autore: Frolov V. P (Valerii Pavlovich)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011
• ISBN: 0-19-100322-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (505 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): ZelnikovAndrei
• Disciplina: 523.8/875
• Soggetti: Black holes (Astronomy); Gravitational collapse; Stars - Evolution; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; 1 Black Holes: Big Picture; 1.1 Gravity and Black Holes; 1.2 Brief History of Black Holes; 1.3 'Dark Stars' vs. Black Holes; 1.4 Final State of Stellar Evolution; 1.5 Equilibrium of Gravitating Systems; 1.6 Important Notions of Astrophysics; 1.7 Black Holes in Astrophysics and Cosmology; 1.8 Stellar-Mass Black Holes; 1.9 Supermassive Black Holes; 1.10 Primordial Black Holes; 1.11 Black Holes in Theoretical Physics; 1.12 Black Holes and Extra Dimensions; 2 Physics in a Uniformly Accelerated Frame; 2.1 Minkowski Spacetime and Its Symmetries; 2.2 Minkowski Spacetime in Curved Coordinates2.3 Uniformly Accelerated Reference Frame; 2.4 Homogeneous Gravitational Field; 2.5 Causal Structure; 2.6 Wick's Rotation in the Rindler Space; 3 Riemannian Geometry; 3.1 Differential Manifold. Tensors; 3.2 Metric; 3.3 Covariant Derivative; 3.4 Lie and Fermi Transport; 3.5 Curvature Tensor; 3.6 Parallel Transport of a Vector; 3.7 Spacetime Symmetries; 3.8 Submanifold; 3.9 Integration; 4 Particle Motion in Curved Spacetime; 4.1 Equations of Motion; 4.2 Phase Space; 4.3 Complete Integrability; 5 Einstein Equations; 5.1 Einstein-Hilbert Action; 5.2 Einstein Equations5.3 Linearized Gravity; 5.4 Gravitational radiation; 5.5 Gravity in Higher-Dimensions; 6 Spherically Symmetric Black Holes; 6.1 Spherically Symmetric Gravitational Field; 6.2 ; Schwarzschild-de Sitter Metric; 6.3 Global Structure of the Schwarzschild Spacetime; 6.4 Black Hole Interior; 6.5 Painlevè-Gullstrand Metric; 6.6 Eddington-Finkelstein Coordinates; 6.7 Charged Black Holes; 6.8 Higher-Dimensional Spherical Black Holes; 7 Particles and Light Motion in Schwarzschild Spacetime; 7.1 Equations of Motion; 7.2 Particle Trajectories; 7.3 Kepler's Law; 7.4 Light Propagation; 7.5 Ray-Tracing in Schwarzschild Spacetime7.6 Black Hole as a Gravitational Lens; 7.7 Radiation from an Object Moving Around the Black Hole; 7.8 Equations of Motion in 'Tilted' Spherical Coordinates; 7.9 Magnetized Schwarzschild Black Hole; 7.10 Particle and Light Motion Near Higher-Dimensional Black Holes; 8 Rotating Black Holes; 8.1 Kerr Spacetime; 8.2 Ergosphere. Horizon; 8.3 Particle and Light Motion in Equatorial Plane; 8.4 Spinning up the Black Hole; 8.5 Geodesics in Kerr Spacetime: General Case; 8.6 Light Propagation; 8.7 Hidden Symmetries of Kerr Spacetime; 8.8 Energy Extraction from a Rotating Black Hole8.9 Black Holes in External Magnetic Field; 9 Classical and Quantum Fields near Black Holes; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Static Field in the Schwarzschild Spacetime; 9.3 Dimensional Reduction; 9.4 Quasinormal Modes; 9.5 Massless Fields in the Kerr Spacetime; 9.6 Black Hole in a Thermal Bath; 9.7 Hawking Effect; 9.8 Quantum Fields in the Rindler Spacetime; 9.9 Black Hole Thermodynamics; 9.10 Higher-Dimensional Generalizations; 10 Black Holes and All That Jazz; 10.1 Asymptotically Flat Spacetimes; 10.2 Black Holes: General Definition and Properties; 10.3 Black Holes and Search for Gravitational Waves
• Sommario/riassunto: What is a black hole? How many of them are in our Universe? Can black holes be created in a laboratory or in particle colliders? Can objects similar to black holes be used for space and time travel? This text discusses these and many other questions providing the reader with the tools required to explore the Black Hole Land independently.