Die Reformation in der Geschichte

Martin Luthers Reformation hat die Welt verändert, nicht nur Theologie und Kirche. In einem vielfältigen Prozess haben Luthers Ideen und ihre Wirkungen Kirche und Kultur, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft transformiert und Wege in die Neuzeit gebahnt. Die Beiträge im zweiten Band der „Hamburger Akademievorträge“ beschäftigen sich mit diesen Entwicklungen, die für das gegenwärtige Leben elementar sind.Martin Luther\u27s Reformation has changed not only theology and church, but the world itself. In a multifaceted process, Luther\u27s ideas and their effects have transformed church and culture, economy and society and paved the way for the modern age. The contributions in the second volume of the "Hamburger Akademievorträge" deal with these developments which are elementary for contemporary life

Reformation im Diskurs. Akademievorlesungen Oktober 2016 - Januar 2017

Martin Luther's Reformation has changed not only theology and church, but the world itself. In a multifaceted process, Luther's ideas and their effects have transformed church and culture, economy and society and paved the way for the modern age. The contributions in the second volume of the "Hamburger Akademievorträge" deal with these developments which are elementary for contemporary life

Optical systems integrated modeling

An integrated modeling capability that provides the tools by which entire optical systems and instruments can be simulated and optimized is a key technology development, applicable to all mission classes, especially astrophysics. Many of the future missions require optical systems that are physically much larger than anything flown before and yet must retain the characteristic sub-micron diffraction limited wavefront accuracy of their smaller precursors. It is no longer feasible to follow the path of 'cut and test' development; the sheer scale of these systems precludes many of the older techniques that rely upon ground evaluation of full size engineering units. The ability to accurately model (by computer) and optimize the entire flight system's integrated structural, thermal, and dynamic characteristics is essential. Two distinct integrated modeling capabilities are required. These are an initial design capability and a detailed design and optimization system. The content of an initial design package is shown. It would be a modular, workstation based code which allows preliminary integrated system analysis and trade studies to be carried out quickly by a single engineer or a small design team. A simple concept for a detailed design and optimization system is shown. This is a linkage of interface architecture that allows efficient interchange of information between existing large specialized optical, control, thermal, and structural design codes. The computing environment would be a network of large mainframe machines and its users would be project level design teams. More advanced concepts for detailed design systems would support interaction between modules and automated optimization of the entire system. Technology assessment and development plans for integrated package for initial design, interface development for detailed optimization, validation, and modeling research are presented

First Measurement of the Atomic Electric Dipole Moment of \u3csup\u3e225\u3c/sup\u3eRa

The radioactive radium-225 (225Ra) atom is a favorable case to search for a permanent electric dipole moment. Because of its strong nuclear octupole deformation and large atomic mass, 225Ra is particularly sensitive to interactions in the nuclear medium that violate both time-reversal symmetry and parity. We have developed a cold-atom technique to study the spin precession of 225Ra atoms held in an optical dipole trap, and demonstrated the principle of this method by completing the first measurement of its atomic electric dipole moment, reaching an upper limit of |d(225Ra)|\u3c5.0×10−22  e cm (95% confidence)

Neutrinos

229 pages229 pages229 pagesThe Proceedings of the 2011 workshop on Fundamental Physics at the Intensity Frontier. Science opportunities at the intensity frontier are identified and described in the areas of heavy quarks, charged leptons, neutrinos, proton decay, new light weakly-coupled particles, and nucleons, nuclei, and atoms

Reflective optics

This is the first book dedicated exclusively to all-reflective imaging systems. It is a teaching tool as well as a practical design tool for anyone who specializes in optics, particularly for those interested in telescopes, infrared, and grazing-incidence systems. The first part of the book describes a unified geometric optical theory of all-reflective imaging systems (from near-normal to grazing incidence) developed from basic principles. The second part discusses correction methods and a multitude of closed-form solutions of well-corrected systems, supplemented with many conventional and un