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ISSN 1748-0221
18:37 - Tuesday, 9 February 2010
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| Bibliography Search | Online Journals | Patent search | Useful Physics links | Physics Education, Courses & Encyclopedia | Mathematics Tools | Dictionaries | Institutions and Laboratories | Miscellaneous |


Bibliography Search

  • arXiv E-prints (Go)
  • Citebase Search (Go)
  • IOP bibliographical search engine (Go)
  • ISI Bibliographical Database(Go)
  • SCIRUS science-specific search engine (Go)
  • SPIRES (SLAC) (Go)

Online Journals

  • AIP/APS online Journals (Go)
  • HEPIC lists of Newsletters and Online Journals (some need PW) (Go)
  • ICFA Instrumentation Bulletin (Go)
  • IOP electronic journals (Go)
  • New Scientist (Go)
  • Royal Society of London online journals (Go)
  • Science Daily (Go)

Patent search

  • Databases about Patents on the Internet (Go)
  • European Patent Office (EPO) (Go)
  • Search of Patents (European Patent Office) (Go)
  • United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) (Go)

Useful Physics links


Physics Navigation
  • Constants & Units (Go)
  • Particle properties (Particle Data Group) (Go)
  • PhysNet (Go)
  • Physical Reference Data (Go)
  • Physics Databases (UKDMC) (Go)
  • PhysicsWeb (Go)
  • X-Ray Data Booklet (LBL) Go [pdf]
Nuclear & Atomic data, Plasma
  • Auger Electron Intensities per 100 K-shell Vacancies (Go)
  • Atomic binding energies (Go)
  • Atomic masses. (Go)
  • Databases for Atomic and Plasma Physics (Go)
  • dE/dx, Ranges for Electrons, Alphas and Protons. (Go)
  • Energy level diagrams of nuclei from A=3 up to A=20 (Go)
  • Gas X-ray Filter Transmission (Go)
  • GENIE: A General Internet Search Engine for Atomic Data (Go)
  • Ground Levels and Ionization Energies for the Neutral Atoms (Go)
  • Half lives of many radionuclides have been measured in the Radioactivity Group of NIST. (Go)
  • NRL Plasma Formulary ( Go)
  • Nuclear decay data of isotopes (rather complete) (Go)
  • Nuclear Structure and Decay Data (Brookhaven) (Go)
  • Photon Mass Attenuation Coefficients (Go)
  • Properties of some gas mixtures used in gaseous detectors (Go)
  • Q-value Calculator (Go)
  • Tables of energy levels of nuclei with nuclear properties. (Go)
  • X-ray Energies and Intensities. (Go)
  • X-ray filter Transmission (Go)
  • XCOM Photon Cross-Section Data Base. (Go)
Gas data 
  • Compilation of electron drift in gases (MIT) (Go)
  • Electron-Impact Ionization Cross-Sections (MIT) (H, He, H, N, O, H2 O, CO, CO 2, CH 4, C 2H 6,  C2 H, etc:) (Go)
  • Properties of some gas mixtures used in gaseous detectors (CERN) (Go)
Simulation software
  • FLUKA: Fully integrated particle physics simulation package (Go)
  • GARFIELD: Simulation of gaseous detectors (Go)
  • GEANT4: Simulation of the passage of particles through matter (Go)
  • MAGBOLTZ: Transport of electrons in gas mixtures (Go)
  • MAXWELL: 3-D field calculations (Go)
  • MCNP: N-particle transport code (Go)
  • MCNPX: Radiation transport code (Go)
Periodic tables & Chemistry
  • Chemical Elements: Interactive Periodic Table  (Go)
  • ChemiCool Periodic Table (MIT). (Go)
  • ChemPuter: interactive calculators for chemistry (Go)  
  • Magnetic Resonance Periodic Table. (Go)
  • Periodic Table of Elements (with X-ray properties). (Go)
  • Periodic Table of Parameters. (Go)
  • Periodic Table (with element proprieties, permissible exposure limit, etc). (Go)
  • Periodic Table (with Minerals by chemical composition). (Go)
  • ThermoDex: Thermodynamic & Physical Property Resources (Go)
  • WebElements Periodic Table (Professional Edition). (Go)

Physics Education, Courses & Encyclopedia

  • CPEP (Go)
  • Physics Encyclopaedia (English) (Go)
  • Physics Tutorials (Go)
  • MIT Open Course Ware (Go)
  • MIT references of Reviews & Textbooks (Go)
  • Physics 2000 (Go)
  • Physics Java Applets (Go)

Mathematics Tools

  • 5000 digit calculator for Windows (Go)
  • Barcode Server (Go)
  • Calculation of Derivatives, Primitives, Integrals, Taylor series expansions, etc. (Go)
  • Calculator (Go)
  • Chris Dolan's Astrophysical Calculator (Go)
  • Dmoz - calculators (Go)
  • Ez Graph (Go)
  • Educypedia - The educational Encyclopedia - calculators (Go)
  • Factors integers and polynomials (Go)
  • Famous Curves Index (Go)
  • First and Second Derivative of a Function (Go)
  • Interactive Mathematics Server (Go)
  • Linear Solver (Go)
  • Martindales Calculators On-line Center Mathematics (Go)
  • Mathematical Association of America Go)
  • MathWorld (Go)
  • Matrix Calculator (Go)
  • Matrix multiplier (Go)
  • Morse code (Go)
  • Nonlinear Least Squares Curve Fitter (Go)
  • "Paper Tape" Scientific Calculator (Go)
  • Pi Chronology (Go)
  • Plotting Functions Given in Polar Coordinates (Go)
  • System Simulation: The Shortest Route to Applications (Go)
  • The Integrator (Go)

Dictionaries

  • Acronym and Abbreviation Dictionary (Go)
  • Automatic translations in several languages (Altavista) (Go)
  • Automatic translations in several languages (Google) (Go)
  • Dictionaries and Languages (UT library) (Go)
  • Dictionary Search (Go)
  • Encarta English Dictionary (Go)
  • English-German dictionary (Go)
  • Eurodicautom - European terminology database (Go)
  • French, Spanish and Italian into English translation dictionaries (Go)
  • Index of 240 Dictionaries (Go)
  • Merriam-Webster English Dictionary on-line (Go)
  • On-line Portuguese Dictionaries (Go)
  • On-line Russian Dictionaries (Go)
  • Russian bilingual dictionary (Go)
  • Systran Language Translator (Go)
  • Wikipedia (Enciclopedia livre) (Go)
  • Word Origins (Go)

Institutions and Laboratories

Miscellaneous

  • AIP History of Physics (Go)
  • Photos of Famous Physicists (Go)
  • Weather forecast (Go)


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