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Is it the 'same' result : replication in physics /

Replication, the independent confirmation of experimental results and conclusions, is regarded as the 'gold standard' in science. This book examines the question of successful or failed replications and demonstrates that that question is not always easy to answer. It presents clear example...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Franklin, Allan, 1938- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2018]
Colección:IOP (Series). Release 5.
IOP concise physics.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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504 |a Includes bibliographical references. 
505 0 |a 1. Introduction -- part I. Successful replications. 2. The discovery of the Higgs boson -- 3. The observation of gravity waves -- 3.1. The binary pulsar -- 3.2. The binary black hole merger -- 4. The scattering of antineutrons by protons 
505 8 |a part II. Failed replications. 5. Is there a Fifth Force? -- 5.1. Thieberger's experiment -- 5.2. The Eöt-Wash experiment -- 5.3. Discussion -- 5.4. A Bayesian interlude -- 6. Is there a Universal gravitational constant? -- 6.1. Measurements of G -- 6.2. A curious correlation? 
505 8 |a part III. Problems, large and small. 7. Physical constants and the properties of elementary particles -- 8. Millikan's measurements of the charge of the electron -- 8.1. The 1911 experiment -- 8.2. The 1913 experiment -- 9. Are there low-mass electron-positron states? -- 9.1. Positron lines -- 9.2. Electron-positron states -- 10. The pentaquark -- 10.1. The experimental results -- 10.2. Discussion -- 11. Whose neutrino is it, Majorana's or Dirac's? -- 11.1. The problem -- 11.2. The early experiments -- 11.3. The second generation experiments -- 11.4. Discussion -- 12. Conclusion. 
520 3 |a Replication, the independent confirmation of experimental results and conclusions, is regarded as the 'gold standard' in science. This book examines the question of successful or failed replications and demonstrates that that question is not always easy to answer. It presents clear examples of successful replications, the discoveries of the Higgs boson and of gravity waves. Failed replications include early experiments on the Fifth Force, a proposed modification of Newton's Law of universal gravitation, and the measurements of 'G', the constant in that law. Other case studies illustrate some of the difficulties and complexities in deciding whether a replication is successful or failed. It also discusses how that question has been answered. These studies include the 'discovery' of the pentaquark in the early 2000s and the continuing search for neutrinoless double beta decay. It argues that although successful replication is the goal of scientific experimentation, it is not always easily achieved. 
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538 |a Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
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545 |a Allan Franklin is professor of physics emeritus at the University of Colorado. His current research area is history and philosophy of science, particularly on the roles of experiment. In 2016, Franklin received the Abraham Pais Prize for History of Physics from the American Physical Society. He is the author of eleven books including most recently Shifting Standards: Experiments in Particle Physics in the Twentieth Century and What Makes a Good Experiment?: Reasons and Roles in Science. 
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