Methods of Experimental Physics - M. I. Pergament

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Résumé :
Based on the modern approach of information theory, this book presents novel experimental techniques, tools, and data processing methods for physics applications. It shows readers how to plan and conduct experiments, design and certify measuring equipment, and process and interpret the experimental data. Drawing on his extensive experience in experimental research, the author discusses the theory of systems for measuring and recording data, the equipment and methods used for studying fast processes, the basic methods of experimental physics, and the methods for interpretation and data processing. Bringing together approaches that have previously been scattered in the literature, the book covers high-speed photography, Fourier optics, spectroscopy, interferometry, holography, electromagnetic waves, X-rays, and corpuscular investigation.

Sommaire:
Introduction Indirect Data and Inverse Problems Experiment and Stochasticity of the Physical World General Properties of Measuring-Recording Systems Linear Measuring-Recording Systems Transfer Function and Convolution Equation Transfer Ratio, Amplitude-Frequency and Phase-Frequency Characteristics, and Relation Between Input and Output Signals in Fourier Space Some Consequences Discretization Communication Theory Approach Determination of the Measuring-Recording System Parameters Studying Pulse Processes Time Interval Measurement and Some Elements of Counting Schemes Measuring Time Dependence Measuring Light Impulses of Femtosecond Duration Photographic Methods of Experimental Research and High-Speed Photography Optical-Mechanical Cameras Electron-Optical Converters and Cameras CCD and CMOS Structures Cameras Photolayers Electro-Optical Shutters Summary Fourier Optics and Fourier Spectroscopy Diffraction by Optical Transparencies Filtration in the Fourier Plane Diffraction Theory of the Resolution of Optical Devices Fourier Spectroscopy Methods of Spectroscopy Spectral Devices and Their Main Characteristics Dispersive Elements High Resolution Spectral Devices Special Methods of Spectral Analysis Interferometry and Shadow Methods Interferometry Light Intensity Distribution in an Interferometric Pattern Processing Interferograms Shadowgraphy and Schlieren Techniques Holographic Methods of Research Photographic Layers in Holography Formation of Holograms and Reconstruction of Wavefronts Reconstruction Techniques Electromagnetic Probing Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in Media Scattering by Density Fluctuations Brillouin Scattering Thomson, Rayleigh, and Resonance Scattering Scattering from Moving Electrons Collective Scattering in Plasma Instrumental Realization Measurements in the X-Ray Region of the Spectrum Spectral Domain and Sources of X-Ray Radiation X-ray Detectors Experimental Equipment and Methods for X-Ray Measurements Corpuscular Investigation Methods Basal Principles Analyzers and Mass Spectrometers for Charged Particles Measurement Methods Methods of Experimental Data Processing Models Reconstruction of Input Signals Preliminary Processing of Experimental Data Filtering Quasi-Real Experiments Reconstructed Signal Accuracy