1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910557422003321

Autore

Tufarelli Vincenzo

Titolo

Poultry Nutrition

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (754 p.)

Soggetti

Biology, life sciences

Research & information: general

Technology, engineering, agriculture

Research and information: general

Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

The aim of this Special Issue is to publish high quality papers concerning poultry nutrition and the interrelations between nutrition, metabolism, microbiota and the health of poultry. Therefore, I invite submissions of recent findings, as original research or reviews, on poultry nutrition, including, but not limited to, the following areas: the effect of feeding on poultry meat end egg quality; nutrient requirements of poultry; the use of functional feed additives to improve gut health and immune status; microbiota; nutraceuticals; soybean meal replacers as alternative sources of protein for poultry; the effects of feeding poultry on environmental impacts; the use of feed/food by-products in poultry diet; and feed technology.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910300558703321

Autore

Kok Pieter

Titolo

A First Introduction to Quantum Physics / / by Pieter Kok

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-92207-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 243 p. 63 illus., 2 illus. in color.)

Collana

Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics, , 2192-4805

Disciplina

530.12

Soggetti

Quantum physics

Mathematical physics

Elementary particles (Physics)

Quantum field theory

Quantum Physics

Mathematical Methods in Physics

Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory

Mathematical Physics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Three simple experiments -- The purpose of physical theories -- A laser and a detector -- A laser and a beam splitter -- A Mach-Zehnder interferometer -- The breakdown of classical concepts -- Chapter 2: Photons and Interference -- Photon paths and superpositions -- The beam splitter as a matrix -- The phase in an interferometer -- How to calculate probabilities -- Gravitational wave detection -- Chapter 3: Electrons with Spin -- The Stern-Gerlach experiment -- The spin observable -- The Bloch sphere -- The uncertainty principle -- Magnetic resonance imaging -- Chapter 4: Atoms and Energy -- The energy spectrum of atoms -- Changes over time -- The Hamiltonian -- Interactions -- Atomic clocks -- Chapter 5: Operators -- Eigenvalue problems -- Observables -- Evolution -- The commutator -- Projectors -- Chapter 6: Entanglement -- The state of two electrons -- Entanglement -- Quantum teleportation -- Quantum computers -- Chapter 7: Decoherence -- Classical and quantum uncertainty -- The density matrix -- Interactions with the environment



-- Entropy and Landauer’s principle -- Chapter 8: The Motion of Particles -- A particle in a box -- The momentum of a particle -- The energy of a particle -- The scanning tunneling microscope -- Chemistry -- Chapter 9: Uncertainty Relations -- Quantum uncertainty revisited -- Position-momentum uncertainty -- The energy-time uncertainty relation -- The quantum mechanical pendulum -- Precision measurements -- Chapter 10: The Nature of Reality -- The emergent classical world -- The quantum state revisited -- Nonlocality -- Contextuality -- A compendium of interpretations.

Sommario/riassunto

In this undergraduate textbook, the author develops the quantum theory from first principles based on very simple experiments: a photon travelling through beam splitters to detectors, an electron moving through a Stern-Gerlach machine, and an atom emitting radiation. From the physical description of these experiments follows a natural mathematical description in terms of matrices and complex numbers. The first part of the book examines how experimental facts force us to let go of some deeply held preconceptions and develops this idea into a mathematical description of states, probabilities, observables, and time evolution using physical applications. The second part of the book explores more advanced topics, including the concept of entanglement, the process of decoherence, and extension of the quantum theory to the situation of a particle in a one-dimensional box. Here, the text makes contact with more traditional treatments of quantum mechanics. The remaining chapters delve deeply into the idea of uncertainty relations and explore what the quantum theory says about the nature of reality. The book is an ideal and accessible introduction to quantum physics, with modern examples and helpful end-of-chapter exercises.