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Gamma-ray and Neutrino Signatures of Galactic Cosmic-ray Accelerators - Silvia Celli - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book addresses three "hot" topics concerning the general problem of the origin of Galactic cosmic rays, namely (1) the acceleration, propagation, and radiation of particles in supernova remnants; (2) very high energy neutrinos from the Galactic Center; and (3) the potential held by the next-generation gamma-ray and neutrino detectors CTA and KM3NeT for studying extended non-thermal sources in the Galaxy. The topics are intrinsically connected to determining the nature ("hadronic or leptonic?") of gamma-ray emissions from young and middle-aged supernova remnants and the search for cosmic-ray PeVatrons. The results and conclusions provided here are based on extensive analytical and numerical simulations, which are formulated and presented in a straightforward format that can be readily used in the interpretations of gamma-ray and neutrino observations, as well as for confident predictions for future measurements.

Gamma-ray and Neutrino Signatures of Galactic Cosmic-ray Accelerators - Silvia Celli - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book addresses three "hot" topics concerning the general problem of the origin of Galactic cosmic rays, namely (1) the acceleration, propagation, and radiation of particles in supernova remnants; (2) very high energy neutrinos from the Galactic Center; and (3) the potential held by the next-generation gamma-ray and neutrino detectors CTA and KM3NeT for studying extended non-thermal sources in the Galaxy. The topics are intrinsically connected to determining the nature ("hadronic or leptonic?") of gamma-ray emissions from young and middle-aged supernova remnants and the search for cosmic-ray PeVatrons. The results and conclusions provided here are based on extensive analytical and numerical simulations, which are formulated and presented in a straightforward format that can be readily used in the interpretations of gamma-ray and neutrino observations, as well as for confident predictions for future measurements.

Computer Vision for X-Ray Testing - Domingo Mery - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

[FIRST EDITION] This accessible textbook presents an introduction to computer vision algorithms for industrially-relevant applications of X-ray testing. Features: introduces the mathematical background for monocular and multiple view geometry; describes the main techniques for image processing used in X-ray testing; presents a range of different representations for X-ray images, explaining how these enable new features to be extracted from the original image; examines a range of known X-ray image classifiers and classification strategies; discusses some basic concepts for the simulation of X-ray images and presents simple geometric and imaging models that can be used in the simulation; reviews a variety of applications for X-ray testing, from industrial inspection and baggage screening to the quality control of natural products; provides supporting material at an associated website, including a database of X-ray images and a Matlab toolbox for use with the book''s many examples.

Photon Counting Detectors for X-ray Imaging - Takumi Asakawa - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book first provides readers with an introduction to the underlying physics and state-of-the-art application of photon counting detectors for X-ray imaging. The authors explain that a photon-counting imaging detector can realize quantitative analysis because the detector can derive X-ray attenuation information based on the analysis of intensity changes of individual X-ray. To realize this analysis, it is important to consider the physics of an object and detector material. In this book, the authors introduce a novel analytical procedure to create quantitative X-ray images for medical diagnosis.

Advanced X-Ray Radiation Detection: - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book offers readers an overview of some of the most recent advances in the field of technology for X-ray medical imaging. Coverage includes both technology and applications in SPECT, PET and CT, with an in-depth review of the research topics from leading specialists in the field. Coverage includes conversion of the X-ray signal into analogue/digital value, as well as a review of CMOS chips for X-ray image sensors. Emphasis is on high-Z materials like CdTe, CZT and GaAs, since they offer the best implementation possibilities for direct conversion X-ray detectors. The discussion includes material challenges, detector operation physics and technology and readout integrated circuits required to detect signals processes by high-Z sensors. Authors contrast these emerging technologies with more established ones based on scintillator materials. This book is an excellent reference for people already working in the field as well as for people wishing to enter it.

Ray Tracing: A Tool for All - Jon Peddie - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This is the first book to offer a comprehensive overview for anyone wanting to understand the benefits and opportunities of ray tracing, as well as some of the challenges, without having to learn how to program or be an optics scientist. It demystifies ray tracing and brings forward the need and benefit of using ray tracing throughout the development of a film, product, or building — from pitch to prototype to marketing. Ray Tracing and Rendering clarifies the difference between conventional faked rendering and physically correct, photo-realistic ray traced rendering, and explains how programmer’s time, and backend compositing time are saved while producing more accurate representations with 3D models that move. Often considered an esoteric subject the author takes ray tracing out of the confines of the programmer’s lair and shows how all levels of users from concept to construction and sales can benefit without being forced to be a practitioner. It treats both theoretical and practical aspects of the subject as well as giving insights into all the major ray tracing programs and how many of them came about. It will enrich the readers’ understanding of what a difference an accurate high-fidelity image can make to the viewer — our eyes are incredibly sensitive to flaws and distortions and we quickly disregard things that look phony or unreal. Such dismissal by a potential user or customer can spell disaster for a supplier, producer, or developer. If it looks real it will sell, even if it is a fantasy animation. Ray tracing is now within reach of every producer and marketeer, and at prices one can afford, and with production times that meet the demands of today’s fast world.

Ray Tracing: A Tool for All - Jon Peddie - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This is the first book to offer a comprehensive overview for anyone wanting to understand the benefits and opportunities of ray tracing, as well as some of the challenges, without having to learn how to program or be an optics scientist. It demystifies ray tracing and brings forward the need and benefit of using ray tracing throughout the development of a film, product, or building — from pitch to prototype to marketing. Ray Tracing and Rendering clarifies the difference between conventional faked rendering and physically correct, photo-realistic ray traced rendering, and explains how programmer’s time, and backend compositing time are saved while producing more accurate representations with 3D models that move. Often considered an esoteric subject the author takes ray tracing out of the confines of the programmer’s lair and shows how all levels of users from concept to construction and sales can benefit without being forced to be a practitioner. It treats both theoretical and practical aspects of the subject as well as giving insights into all the major ray tracing programs and how many of them came about. It will enrich the readers’ understanding of what a difference an accurate high-fidelity image can make to the viewer — our eyes are incredibly sensitive to flaws and distortions and we quickly disregard things that look phony or unreal. Such dismissal by a potential user or customer can spell disaster for a supplier, producer, or developer. If it looks real it will sell, even if it is a fantasy animation. Ray tracing is now within reach of every producer and marketeer, and at prices one can afford, and with production times that meet the demands of today’s fast world.

Advanced X-ray Detector Technologies - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book offers readers an overview of some of the most recent advances in the field of detectors for X-ray imaging. Coverage includes both technology and applications, with an in-depth review of the research topics from leading specialists in the field. Emphasis is on high-Z materials like CdTe, CZT and perovskites, since they offer the best implementation possibilities for direct conversion X-ray detectors. Authors discuss material challenges, detector operation physics and technology and readout integrated circuits required to detect signals processes by high-Z sensors.

Advanced X-ray Detector Technologies - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book offers readers an overview of some of the most recent advances in the field of detectors for X-ray imaging. Coverage includes both technology and applications, with an in-depth review of the research topics from leading specialists in the field. Emphasis is on high-Z materials like CdTe, CZT and perovskites, since they offer the best implementation possibilities for direct conversion X-ray detectors. Authors discuss material challenges, detector operation physics and technology and readout integrated circuits required to detect signals processes by high-Z sensors.

Magnetism and Accelerator-Based Light Sources - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This open access book collects the contributions of the seventh school on Magnetism and Synchrotron Radiation held in Mittelwihr, France, from 7 to 12 October 2018. It starts with an introduction to the physics of modern X-ray sources followed by a general overview of magnetism. Next, light / matter interaction in the X-ray range is covered with emphasis on different types of angular dependence of X-ray absorption spectroscopy and scattering. In the end, two domains where synchrotron radiation-based techniques led to new insights in condensed matter physics, namely spintronics and superconductivity, are discussed. The book is intended for advanced students and researchers to get acquaintance with the basic knowledge of X-ray light sources and to step into synchrotron-based techniques for magnetic studies in condensed matter physics or chemistry.

The Structure of Complex Images - Robert B. Ray - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

After over a century of existence, the cinema still has its mysteries. Why, for example, is the job we call movie stardom unlike any other in the world? How do films provide so much unconcealed information that we fail to notice? What makes it hard to define what counts as "acting"? How do movies like Casablanca and Breathless store the film and world histories of their generations? How can we reconcile auteurism ''s celebration of the movie director''s authority with the camera''s automatism? Why have the last four decades of film criticism so often neglected such questions? After beginning with an overview of film studies, this book proposes a shift from predictable theoretical approaches to models that acknowledge the perplexities and mysteries of the movies. Deriving methods from cinephilia, Wittgenstein, Richard Rorty, Stanley Cavell, Eleanor Duckworth, V. F. Perkins, and James Naremore, Robert B. Ray offers close readings that call attention to what we have missed in such classic films as La Règle du Jeu , It Happened One Night , It''s a Wonderful Life , Vertigo , Holiday , The Philadelphia Story , Casablanca, Breathless , and Tickets.

Nanoscale Photonic Imaging - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Part I: Fundamentals and Tutorials.- Basic Knowledge in STED Nanoscopy (A. Egner, C. Geisler, and R. Siegmund).- Basic Knowledge in Coherent X-ray Imaging (T. Salditt, A.-L. Robisch).- Basic Knowledge: X-ray Focusing & Optics (T. Salditt and M. Osterhoff).- Statistical Foundations of Nanoscale Photonic Imaging (A. Munk, T. Staudt, and F. Werner).- Inverse Problems (T. Hohage, B. Sprung, and F. Weidling).-  Proximal Methods for Image Processing (D. R. Luke).- Part II: Progress and Perspectives.- Quantifying the Number of Molecules in STED/RESOLFT Nanoscopy (J. Keller-Findeisen, S. Sahl, and S. W. Hell).- Metal-Induced Energy Transfer Imaging (A. I. Chizhik, and J. Enderlein).- Reversibly Switchable Fluorescent Proteins for RESOLFT Nanoscopy (N. A. Jensen, I. Jansen, M. Kamper, and S. Jakobs).- A Statistical and Biophysical Toolbox to Elucidate Structure and Formation of Stress Fibers (B. Eltzner, L. Hauke, S. Huckemann, F. Fehfeldt, and C. Wollnik).- Photonic Imaging with Statistical Guarantees: From Multiscale Testing to Multiscale Estimation (A. Munk, K. Proksch, H. Li, and F. Werner).- Efficient, Quantitative Numerical Methods for Statistical Image Deconvolution and Denoising (D. R. Luke, C. Charitha, R. Shefi, and Y. Malitsky).- Holographic Imaging and Tomography of Biological Cells and Tissues (T. Salditt, and M. Töpperwien).- Constrained Reconstructions in X-ray Phase Contrast Imaging: Uniqueness, Stability and Algorithms (S. Maretzke, T. Hohage).- Scanning Small-Angle X-ray Scattering and Coherent X-ray Imaging of Cells (T. Salditt and S. Köster).- Single Particle Imaging with FEL using Photon Correlations (B. von Ardenne and H. Grubmüller).- Development of Ultrafast X-ray Free Electron Laser Tools in (Bio)Chemical Research (S. Techert, S. Thekku Veedu, S. Bari).- Polarization-sensitive Coherent Diffractive Imaging Using HHG (S. Zayko, O. Kfir, and C. Ropers).- Nonlinear Light Generation in Localized Fields Using Gases and Tailored Solids (M. Sivis and C. Ropers).- Wavefront and Coherence Characteristics of Extreme UV and Soft X-ray Sources (B. Schäfer, B. Flöter, T. Mey, and K. Mann).- Laboratory-scale Soft X-ray Source for Microscopy and Absorption Spectroscopy (M. Müller and K. Mann).- Multilayer Zone Plates for Hard X-ray Imaging (M. Osterhoff and H.-U. Krebs).- Convergence Analysis of Iteraive Algorithms for Phase Retrieval (D. R. Luke and A.-L. Martins).- One-Dimensional Discrete-Time Phase Retrieval (R. Beinert and G. Plonka).

Electro-optic Modulation for Photonic Networks - Tetsuya Kawanishi - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This textbook provides comprehensive and detailed information on electro-optic modulation, which plays important roles in lightwave networks including optical fiber links, visible ray communications, fiber-wireless, etc.

High Energy Cosmic Rays - Todor Stanev - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Offers an accessible text and reference (a cosmic-ray manual) for graduate students entering the field and high-energy astrophysicists will find this an accessible cosmic-ray manual Easy to read for the general astronomer, the first part describes the standard model of cosmic rays based on our understanding of modern particle physics. Presents the acceleration scenario in some detail in supernovae explosions as well as in the passage of cosmic rays through the Galaxy. Compares experimental data in the atmosphere as well as underground are compared with theoretical models

Hard X-Ray Imaging of Solar Flares - A. Gordon Emslie - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

The idea for this text emerged over several years as the authors participated in research projects related to analysis of data from NASA''s RHESSI Small Explorer mission. The data produced over the operational lifetime of this mission inspired many investigations related to a specific science question: the when, where, and how of electron acceleration during solar flares in the stressed magnetic environment of the active Sun. A vital key to unlocking this science problem is the ability to produce high-quality images of hard X-rays produced by bremsstrahlung radiation from electrons accelerated during a solar flare. The only practical way to do this within the technological and budgetary limitations of the RHESSI era was to opt for indirect modalities in which imaging information is encoded as a set of two-dimensional spatial Fourier components. Radio astronomers had employed Fourier imaging for many years. However, differently than for radio astronomy, X-ray images produced by RHESSI had to be constructed from a very limited number of sparsely distributed and very noisy Fourier components. Further, Fourier imaging is hardly intuitive, and extensive validation of the methods was necessary to ensure that they produced images with sufficient accuracy and fidelity for scientific applications. This book summarizes the results of this development of imaging techniques specifically designed for this form of data. It covers a set of published works that span over two decades, during which various imaging methods were introduced, validated, and applied to observations. Also considering that a new Fourier-based telescope, STIX, is now entering its nominal phase on-board the ESA Solar Orbiter, it became more and more apparent to the authors that it would be a good idea to put together a compendium of these imaging methods and their applications. Hence the book you are now reading.

Advanced Materials for Radiation Detection - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book offers readers an overview of some of the most recent advances in the field of advanced materials used for gamma and X-ray imaging. Coverage includes both technology and applications, with an in-depth review of the research topics from leading specialists in the field. Emphasis is on high-Z materials like CdTe, CZT and GaAs, as well as perovskite crystals, since they offer the best implementation possibilities for direct conversion X-ray detectors. Authors discuss material challenges, detector operation physics and technology and readout integrated circuits required to detect signals processes by high-Z sensors.

Advanced Materials for Radiation Detection - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book offers readers an overview of some of the most recent advances in the field of advanced materials used for gamma and X-ray imaging. Authors discuss material challenges, detector operation physics and technology and readout integrated circuits required to detect signals processes by high-Z sensors.

Sustainable Agricultural Development - Srabashi Ray - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Introduction to Quantum Computing - Ray Lapierre - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book provides a self-contained undergraduate course on quantum computing based on classroom-tested lecture notes. It reviews the fundamentals of quantum mechanics from the double-slit experiment to entanglement, before progressing to the basics of qubits, quantum gates, quantum circuits, quantum key distribution, and some of the famous quantum algorithms. As well as covering quantum gates in depth, it also describes promising platforms for their physical implementation, along with error correction, and topological quantum computing. With quantum computing expanding rapidly in the private sector, understanding quantum computing has never been so important for graduates entering the workplace or PhD programs. Assuming minimal background knowledge, this book is highly accessible, with rigorous step-by-step explanations of the principles behind quantum computation, further reading, and end-of-chapter exercises, ensuring that undergraduate students in physics and engineering emerge well prepared for the future.

Resistance Under Communist China - Ray Wang - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book examines religious activism-Christianity, Buddhism, and Taoism-in China, a powerful atheist state that provides one of the hardest challenges to existing methods of transnational activism. The author focuses on mechanisms used by three kinds of actors: protesters, advocates and opportunists, and uses regional, inter-faith, and international comparisons to understand why some foreign advocates can enter China and engage in illegal aid and missions to empower local activists, while the same groups cannot conduct the same activities in another geographically, economically and politically similar location. The stories in this book demonstrate a more inclusive and bottom-up approach of transnational activism; they challenge the conventional spiral theory paradigm of human rights literature and the narrow views about GONGOs in civil society literature. This new knowledge helps to sustain a more optimistic view and offers an alternative way of promoting human rights in China and countries with similar authoritarian environments.

Introduction to Quantum Computing - Ray Lapierre - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book provides a self-contained undergraduate course on quantum computing based on classroom-tested lecture notes. It reviews the fundamentals of quantum mechanics from the double-slit experiment to entanglement, before progressing to the basics of qubits, quantum gates, quantum circuits, quantum key distribution, and some of the famous quantum algorithms. As well as covering quantum gates in depth, it also describes promising platforms for their physical implementation, along with error correction, and topological quantum computing. With quantum computing expanding rapidly in the private sector, understanding quantum computing has never been so important for graduates entering the workplace or PhD programs. Assuming minimal background knowledge, this book is highly accessible, with rigorous step-by-step explanations of the principles behind quantum computation, further reading, and end-of-chapter exercises, ensuring that undergraduate students in physics and engineering emerge well prepared for the future.

Rural Latin America in Transition - Ray Watters - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book provides an in-depth and broad study on rural Latin America over a 60-year period. Using a case study approach of Mexico and Venezuela, peasants and lower rural classes are examined at the local, meso and national levels. Additionally, the study analyzes government policies, development, and leadership in each country. Latin America has tried to ride the waves of globalization, worldwide economic and environmental crises; the author examines Mexico and Venezuela''s relations with the political hegemony of superpowers like the US, EU and China. The material will appeal to researchers, graduate students and policy makers in the fields of rural development, Latin American politics, and international relations.

X-Ray Phase-Contrast Tomography - Luca Brombal - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Results obtained at synchrotron are also compared with "real world" laboratory sources: both a first-of-its-kind comparison with one of the few hospital breast CT systems and a state-of-the-art implementation of monochromatic phase-contrast micro-tomography with a conventional rotating anode source are presented.

Computational Methods and Clinical Applications for Spine Imaging - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 7th International Workshop and Challenge on Computational Methods and Clinical Applications for Spine Imaging, CSI 2019, which was held in conjunction with MICCAI on October 17, 2019, in Shenzhen, China. All submissions were accepted for publication; the book contains 5 peer-reviewed regular papers, covering topics of vertrebra detection, spine segmentation and image-based diagnosis, and 9 challenge papers, investigating (semi-)automatic spinal curvature estimation algorithms and providing a standard evaluation framework with a set of x-ray images.

Molecules in Superfluid Helium Nanodroplets - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Coulomb Explosion Imaging of Small Clusters of Helium (Maxim Kunitski).- Mass Spectroscopy of Pure and Doped Droplets ( Paul Scheier).- Infra-red Spectroscopy ( Gary Douberly).- Electronic Spectroscopy ( Alkwin Slenczka).- Spectroscopy of Biomolecules ( Gert von Helden and Eike Mucha).- X -Ray Imaging of Droplets ( Thomas Möller).- Structure of Biomolecules in Droplets ( Wei Kong).- Alignment of Molecules in Helium Droplets ( Henrik Stapelfeldt).- . Fabrication of Metal Clusters in Helium Droplets (Florian Lackner).- Ultrafast Dynamics in Droplets (Marcel Mudrich, and Frank Stienkemeier).- Appendix: Helium Droplet Tutorial (Jan Peter Toennies).