Contents -- Preface -- 1. Concerning Ken Hines . . . -- 1.1. Obituary published in the 'Age' newspaper -- 1.2. Curriculum vitae: Kenneth Charles Hines -- 1.3. Some short stories about Ken -- 1.3.1. Roger Hosking reminisces -- 1.3.2. Ken Amos reminisces -- 1.3.3. Vic Kowalenko reminisces -- 1.3.4. Zwi Barnea reminisces -- 1.3.5. "Legend's" Thursday lunch club award number four -- 1.3.6. Graeme Lister reminisces -- 1.3.7. Bob Dewar reminisces -- 1.3.8. Norm Frankel reminisces -- 2. Structures of Exotic Nuclei from Nucleon-Nucleus Scattering Data Ken Amos -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. MCAS and nucleon-nucleus systems at low and negative energies -- 2.3. g-folding optical potentials and the DWA -- 2.4. Studies of the isotopes of Carbon using nucleon-Carbon interactions -- 2.4.1. Using MCAS and the spectra of odd-mass isotopes -- 2.4.2. Using g-folding optical potentials -- 2.5. MCAS and hypernuclei -- 2.6. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 3. Resonant X-Ray Scattering and X-Ray Absorption: Closing the Circle? Zwi Barnea, Chris T. Chantler, Martin D. de Jonge, Andrew W. Stevenson and Chanh Q. Tran -- 3.1. Bragg intensity measurements from extended-face crystals -- 3.2. Bijvoet ratios -- 3.3. X-ray mass attenuation measurements -- 3.4. Attenuation measurements in the vicinity of the absorption edge -- 3.5. A combined experiment -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 4. The Screened Field of a Test Particle Robert L. Dewar -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. The formal solution -- 4.3. Analytical approximations -- 4.3.1. Small v0 -- 4.3.2. Intermediate velocity (v2 i )1/2 v0 Cs (forward field) -- 4.3.4. Intermediate velocity (v2 i )1/2 Cs (wake field) -- 4.4. Numerical solution -- 4.4.1. Formulation of the numerical method.

4.4.2. Small v0 results -- 4.4.3. Intermediate v0 results -- 4.4.4. Supersonic case -- 4.4.5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 5. Self-Avoiding Walks as a Canonical Model of Phase Transitions A. J. Guttmann -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.1.1. The collapse transition -- 5.1.2. The adsorption transition -- 5.2. Biological models: SAW as models of DNA -- 5.2.1. The DNA denaturation transition -- 5.2.2. Vesicle collapse -- 5.2.3. Macromolecular desorption from a surface -- 5.3. Self-avoiding walks crossing a square -- 5.3.1. Bounds on the growth constant λ -- 5.3.1.1. Upper bounds on λ -- 5.3.1.2. Lower bounds on λ -- 5.3.2. Results -- 5.3.3. Numerical analysis -- 5.4. Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 6. Aspects of Plasma Physics Roger J. Hosking -- 6.1. Preamble -- 6.2. Introduction -- 6.3. Boltzmann equation -- 6.4. Moment equations -- 6.5. Macroscopic equations -- 6.6. Plasma pressure tensor -- Appendix A. Derivation of Eq. (6.13) -- References -- 7. Further Properties of a Magnetised Maxwellian Plasma Victor Kowalenko -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Screening potential of a test-particle -- 7.3. Relativistic charged boson pair plasma -- 7.4. Static screening potential -- 7.5. Ion-acoustic modes -- 7.6. Conclusion -- References -- 8. The Boltzmann Equation in Fluorescent Lamp Theory Graeme Lister -- 8.1. Preamble -- 8.2. Introduction -- 8.3. On low pressure discharge lamps -- 8.4. The physics of low pressure discharge lamps -- 8.5. Approximations to the Boltzmann equation -- 8.5.1. Numerical models of the positive column -- 8.5.2. The Boltzmann equation -- 8.5.3. The "bulk" EEPF ( 1) -- 8.5.4. High energy electrons ( 1): the "Lagushenko" approximation -- 8.6. Validity of the "two temperature" approach -- 8.6.1. Standard fluorescent lamps -- 8.6.2. "Highly loaded" fluorescent lamps.

8.7. Bulk electrons and electrical conductivity -- 8.8. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 9. Pair Modes in Relativistic Quantum Plasmas D. B. Melrose and J. McOrist -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Dispersion associated with PC -- 9.2.1. Conservation of energy and momentum -- 9.2.2. Threshold values for resonance -- 9.2.3. Limits of the resonance regions -- 9.3. Response tensor for a relativistic quantum gas -- 9.3.1. General properties of the response tensor -- 9.3.2. Isotropic plasmas -- 9.3.3. Response tensors for electrons and bosons -- 9.3.4. Jancovici's (1962) longitudinal response function -- 9.4. Pair modes in completely degenerate gases -- 9.4.1. Dispersion relations -- 9.4.2. Dispersion in relativistic quantum plasmas -- 9.4.3. Completely degenerate spin 0 gas -- 9.4.4. Idealised cold quantum electron gas -- 9.4.5. No pair modes in degenerate electron gas? -- 9.4.6. Wave properties for a spin 1 gas -- 9.5. Properties of pair modes -- 9.5.1. Wave energetics -- 9.5.2. Generation and damping of pair modes -- 9.5.3. Super dense plasmas -- 9.6. Discussion and conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 10. Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays Bruce H. J. McKellar -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.2. History -- 10.3. The UHE data -- 10.3.1. Isotropy -- 10.4. Acceleration methods -- 10.5. How do post GZK particles get here? -- 10.5.1. Top-down models -- 10.5.2. Violations of fundamental laws -- 10.5.3. The Z-Burst model-UHE neutrinos -- 10.6. Neutrino clouds -- 10.7. Conclusion -- 10.8. Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 11. Neutrons from the Galactic Centre Raymond R. Volkas -- 11.1. Introduction -- 11.2. The AGASA and SUGAR cosmic ray anisotropies -- 11.3. Sagittarius A east: a possible GC source -- 11.4. Shock acceleration to ankle energies -- 11.5. Neutron .ux results -- 11.6. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References.

12. Quaternions and Octonions in Nature G. C. Joshi -- 12.1. Introduction -- 12.2. Quaternionic quantum mechanics -- 12.3. Octonions supersymmetry and string theory -- 12.4. Octonions and Julia sets -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Colour Figures -- 13. Accretion onto the Supermassive Black Hole at the Centre of Our Galaxy Fulvio Melia -- 13.1. Introduction -- 13.2. The galactic centre environment -- 13.3. Gas dynamics and stellar wind capture -- 13.4. Emission by Sagittarius A* -- 13.5. Strong gravity e.ects -- 13.6. Conclusions -- References.