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July 1994
ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699
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Where Can One Hope to Profitably Apply the Ideas of Chaos?
Physics Today 47 (7), 24–30 (1994);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881395
A number of theoretical and practical issues must be considered when attempting to carry out meaningful analyses of real systems such as planetary orbits, heartbeats and economics in terms of chaos theory.
Advanced Accelerator Concepts
Physics Today 47 (7), 33–40 (1994);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881396
While near‐term ideas for e+e− colliders range from superconducting linacs to ultrarelativistic klystrons, future particle physicists may collide multi‐TeV beams of particles accelerated by specially tailored plasmas.
Recharging the Energy Laboratories
Physics Today 47 (7), 42–48 (1994);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881397
With global economic competitiveness as a goal for the nation, our national laboratories are forging new relations with industry.
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The Fullerenes: New Horizons for the Chemistry, Physics and Astrophysics of Carbon and Buckminsterfullerenes
Physics Today 47 (7), 64–66 (1994);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808575
Long‐Range Casimir Forces: Theory and Recent Experiments on Atomic Systems
Physics Today 47 (7), 67 (1994);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808577
Particle Accelerator Physics and The Principles of Circular Accelerators and Storage Rings
Physics Today 47 (7), 67–68 (1994);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808578
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Going with the flow in unstable surroundings
Savannah D. Gowen; Thomas E. Videbæk; Sidney R. Nagel
Measuring violin resonances
Elizabeth M. Wood
Focus on cryogenics, vacuum equipment, materials, and semiconductors
Andreas Mandelis