9Laser-Driven Particle Acceleration and Associated Energetic Photon and Neutron Generation: Current Understanding and Basic Capabilities

We briefly describe the new book, Applications of Laser-Driven Particle Acceleration, which was published in June of 2018 by CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group. Written by the book editors, this article is appropriately an overview. The rationale for developing a book about applications for laser-driven energetic particle and photon sources is given and the content of its two parts (Parts I and II) is described. Part I addresses the current understanding of physical mechanisms and capabilities for acceleration of electrons and ions, as well as for associated generation of energetic photons and neutrons. Part II brings the focus back to potential applications in which the laser-driven source is distinguished from the more fully developed integrated laser-driven accelerator system. For applications of laser-driven sources and systems, a uniqueness strategy is recommended that particularly emphasizes what conventional (not laser-driven) accelerators cannot do. In the context of overall accelerator advancement, this strategy for the laser case highlights the potential for offering new beam configurations and research options that can uniquely augment accelerator capability in the future.

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Dark and Peculiar

Journal of Individual Differences ◽

10.1027/1614-0001/a000280 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 40 (2) ◽

pp. 92-103 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Janko Međedović ◽

Goran Knežević

Keyword(s):

Undergraduate Students ◽

Study Design ◽

Personal Characteristics ◽

Emotional Reaction ◽

Current Understanding ◽

Male Students ◽

Psychosis Proneness ◽

Negative Emotional Reaction ◽

Mind Set ◽

Psychopathic Tendencies

Abstract. Earlier research suggested that militant extremists could have certain aspects of psychopathic and psychotic characteristics. Relying on these studies, we investigated whether the Militant Extremist Mind-Set (MEM) could be explained by psychopathy, sadism, and Disintegration (psychosis proneness), as subclinical manifestations of amoral, antisocial, and psychotic-like traits. In Study 1 (306 undergraduate students), it was shown that sadistic and psychopathic tendencies were related to Proviolence (advocating violence as a means for achieving a goal); psychopathic and disintegrative tendencies were associated to the Vile World (belief in a world as a corrupted and vile place), while Disintegration was the best predictor of Divine Power (relying on supernatural forces as a rationale for extremist acts). In Study 2 (147 male convicts), these relations were largely replicated and broadened by including implicit emotional associations to violence in the study design. Thus, while Proviolence was found to be related to a weakened negative emotional reaction to violent pictures, Vile World was found to be associated with stronger negative emotions as a response to violence. Furthermore, Proviolence was the only MEM factor clearly differentiating the sample of convicts from male students who participated in Study 1. Results help extend current understanding about personal characteristics related to militant extremism.

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Optimization of transient gene expression in pollen of Norway spruce (Picea abies) by particle acceleration

Physiologia Plantarum ◽

10.1034/j.1399-3054.1994.920307.x ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 92 (3) ◽

pp. 412-416 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Inger Martinussen ◽

Olavi Junttila ◽

David Twell

Keyword(s):

Gene Expression ◽

Particle Acceleration ◽

Picea Abies ◽

Norway Spruce ◽

Transient Gene Expression

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Soybean transformation by electric discharge particle acceleration

Physiologia Plantarum ◽

10.1034/j.1399-3054.1990.790132.x ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 79 (1) ◽

pp. 210-212 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Paul Christou

Keyword(s):

Particle Acceleration ◽

Electric Discharge ◽

Soybean Transformation

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The Role of Women in Pursuing Scottish Criminal Actions, 1580–1650

Edinburgh Law Review ◽

10.3366/elr.2020.0628 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 24 (2) ◽

pp. 232-250

Author(s):

Stephanie Dropuljic

Keyword(s):

Early Modern ◽

Legal History ◽

Criminal Court ◽

Current Understanding ◽

The Law ◽

Role Of Women

This article examines the role of women in raising criminal actions of homicide before the central criminal court, in early modern Scotland. In doing so, it highlights the two main forms of standing women held; pursing an action for homicide alone and as part of a wider group of kin and family. The evidence presented therein challenges our current understanding of the role of women in the pursuit of crime and contributes to an under-researched area of Scots criminal legal history, gender and the law.

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