August 2015 Issue of Physics Today Is Online & in the Mail
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In the August 2015 Issue
Brighter and Faster: The Promise and Challenge of the X-ray Free-Electron Laser
Starting with the Linac Coherent Light Source in 2009, free-electron lasers are using x rays in new ways. Early results are wowing scientists the world over.
— Philip H. Bucksbaum and Nora Berrah
A Half Century of Density Functional Theory
Today's most popular method for calculating the electronic structure of atoms, molecules, liquids, solids, and plasmas began as a bold hypothesis: The electron density distribution completely characterizes the ground state of a many-electron system.
— Andrew Zangwill
Magic Moments with John Bell
John Bell, with whom I had a fruitful collaboration and warm friendship, is best known for his seminal work on the foundations of quantum physics, but he also made outstanding contributions to particle physics and accelerator physics.
— Reinhold A. Bertlmann
...and much more!