Energy-Momentum Conservation Laws : : From Solar Cells, Nuclear Energy, and Muscle Work to Positron Emission Tomography / / Emil Zolotoyabko.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2024 Part 1
• VerfasserIn: Zolotoyabko, Emil,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2024]; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Language: English
• Series: De Gruyter Textbook
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (X, 124 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; 1 Selected examples of the energy conservation law --; 2 The momentum conservation law --; 3 Conservation laws and symmetry of space and time --; 4 The usage of the energy–momentum conservation law in its four-dimensional form --; 5 A free electron cannot absorb a photon --; 6 Lasers --; 7 Nuclear reactions --; 8 Energy transformation --; List of prominent scientists (in alphabetic order) mentioned in this book --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783111343549; 9783111332192
• DOI: 10.1515/9783111343549
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Emil Zolotoyabko.

Conservation laws, reflecting the symmetry of space and time, play a vital role in understanding the surrounding world. Conservation laws allow us to explain very different phenomena from a unified point of view. The textbook illustrates this principle taking examples from mechanics, optics, nuclear physics, solid-state physics, and medicine. They include, for example, positron annihilation used in experiments aimed at neutrino registration and in the positron emission tomography for patient diagnostics; the functioning of solar cells, infrared detectors, and light emitting diodes (LEDs); slowing down fission neutrons toward achieving a nuclear chain reaction; jet propulsion of a rocket and an octopus; principles of magnetic resonance imaging and principles standing behind fission and fusion nuclear reactions; and more.