1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910818510403321

Autore

Źenczykowski Piotr <1950->

Titolo

Elementary particles and emergent phase space / / Piotr Zenczykowski, Institue of Nuclear Physics, Poland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Jersey : , : World Scientific, , [2014]

�2014

ISBN

981-4525-69-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 219 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

530.13/3

Soggetti

Phase space (Statistical physics)

Particles (Nuclear physics)

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

Introduction -- Reality and its description -- Classical and quantum aspects of reality -- Time for a change -- The standard model and the subparticle paradigm -- The problem of mass -- Constituent quarks and spacetime points -- Elementary particles and macroscopic space -- Phase space and its symmetries -- Quantizing phase space -- Elementary particles from a phase-space perspective -- Generalizing the concept of mass -- Overview.

Sommario/riassunto

The Standard Model of elementary particles, although very successful, contains various elements that are put in by hand. Understanding their origin requires going beyond the model and searching for ""new physics"". The present book elaborates on one particular proposal concerning such physics. While the original conception is 50 years old, it has not lost its appeal over time. Its basic idea is that space - an arena of events treated in the Standard Model as a classical background - is a concept which emerges from a strictly discrete quantum layer in the limit of large quantum numbers. This bo



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910158826903321

Autore

McAvoy J. J

Titolo

Child Star

Pubbl/distr/stampa

NEW YORK : , : Nancy Yost Literary Agency, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-943772-29-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (132 p.)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

CHILD STAR is a novel told in three parts. Each part is about 25,000 - 30,000 words.**This is CHILD STAR: Part 3**Amelia London is America's sweetheart. Noah Sloan is America's bad boy. Both are former child stars and once were lovers. When they are cast as the leads in the upcoming erotic suspense blockbuster--Sinners Like Us--they are forced to come to terms with the issues that tore them apart to begin with.As the whole world watches, can they keep their secrets hidden? After all, everybody is a sinner...***Read all three parts of J.J. McAvoy's extraordinary new adult romantic suspense novel - CHILD STAR - and look for the full book, which will be released as an ebook and a paperback***