Energy-Momentum Conservation Laws:From Solar Cells, Nuclear Energy, and Muscle Work to Positron Emission Tomography (De Gruyter Textbook)

by: Emil Zolotoyabko (Author)

Publisher: De Gruyter

Publication Date: 15 Jan. 2024

Language: English

Print Length: 136 pages

ISBN-10: 3111343456

ISBN-13: 9783111343457

Book Description

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.

About the Author

About the Author Emil Zolotoyabko, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel.