From the Fermi Scale to Cosmology
Author: Alberto Salvio
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Published: 2019-12-06
Total Pages: 265
ISBN-13: 2889632059
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A Philosophical Approach to MOND
Author: David Merritt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-04-30
Total Pages: 285
ISBN-13: 1108665683
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDark matter is a fundamental component of the standard cosmological model, but in spite of four decades of increasingly sensitive searches, no-one has yet detected a single dark-matter particle in the laboratory. An alternative cosmological paradigm exists: MOND (Modified Newtonian Dynamics). Observations explained in the standard model by postulating dark matter are described in MOND by proposing a modification of Newton's laws of motion. Both MOND and the standard model have had successes and failures – but only MOND has repeatedly predicted observational facts in advance of their discovery. In this volume, David Merritt outlines why such predictions are considered by many philosophers of science to be the 'gold standard' when it comes to judging a theory's validity. In a world where the standard model receives most attention, the author applies criteria from the philosophy of science to assess, in a systematic way, the viability of this alternative cosmological paradigm.
The Sense of an Ending
Author: Julian Barnes
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2011-10-05
Total Pages: 158
ISBN-13: 0307957330
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBOOKER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A novel that follows a middle-aged man as he contends with a past he never much thought about—until his closest childhood friends return with a vengeance: one of them from the grave, another maddeningly present. A novel so compelling that it begs to be read in a single setting, The Sense of an Ending has the psychological and emotional depth and sophistication of Henry James at his best, and is a stunning achievement in Julian Barnes's oeuvre. Tony Webster thought he left his past behind as he built a life for himself, and his career has provided him with a secure retirement and an amicable relationship with his ex-wife and daughter, who now has a family of her own. But when he is presented with a mysterious legacy, he is forced to revise his estimation of his own nature and place in the world.
The Physics Associated with Neutrino Masses
Author: Diego Aristizabal Sierra
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Published: 2020-01-13
Total Pages: 293
ISBN-13: 2889633519
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact.
The Higgs Hunter's Guide
Author: John F. Gunion
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2018-03-05
Total Pages: 333
ISBN-13: 0429976070
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Higgs Hunter's Guide is a definitive and comprehensive guide to the physics of Higgs bosons. In particular, it discusses the extended Higgs sectors required by those recent theoretical approaches that go beyond the Standard Model, including supersymmetry and superstring-inspired models.
Stars as Laboratories for Fundamental Physics
Author: Georg G. Raffelt
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1996-05
Total Pages: 692
ISBN-13: 9780226702728
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMuch of what we know about neutrinos is revealed by astronomical observations, and the same applies to the axion, a conjectured new particle that is a favored candidate for the main component of the dark matter of the universe.
Particle Dark Matter
Author: Gianfranco Bertone
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010-01-07
Total Pages: 763
ISBN-13: 0521763681
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes the dark matter problem in particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology for graduate students and researchers.
Communities in Action
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2017-04-27
Total Pages: 583
ISBN-13: 0309452961
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.
