The Physics of Multiply and Highly Charged Ions
Subtitle: Volume 1. Sources, Applications and Fundamental Processes
By: edited by Fred J. Currell
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 389
ISBN-13: 9789048164028; 9789401705424
Subjects: Radiotherapy; Nuclear physics; Physics
Description: This book is the first in a series of two volumes providing an introduction and comprehensive review of the physics of highly charged ions. Dealing with sources, applications and fundamental processes, it covers a wide range of topics varying from cancer therapy to tests of quantum electrodynamics. Fusion related processes and those pertaining to astrophysics receive comprehensive coverage as well as theoretical and experimental treatments of the fundamental processes in which highly charged ions can become involved. All of these subjects are covered and the newest findings are reviewed.
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