edited by Bruce H J McKellar (University of Melbourne, Australia) & Ken Amos (University of Melbourne, Australia)

This book presents a comprehensive review of a diverse range of subjects in physics written by physicists who have all been taught by or are associated with K C Hines. Ken Hines was a great mentor with far-reaching influence on his students who later went on to make outstanding contributions to physics in their careers. The papers provide significant insights into statistical physics, plasma physics from fluorescent lighting to quantum pair plasmas, cosmic ray physics, nuclear reactions, and many other fields.

• Resonant X-Ray Scattering and X-Ray Absorption: Closing the Circle? (Z Barnea et al.)
• The Screened Field of a Test Particle (R L Dewar)
• Aspects of Plasma Physics (R J Hosking)
• The Boltzmann Equation in Fluorescent Lamp Theory (G Lister)
• Pair Modes in Relativistic Quantum Plasmas (D B Melrose & J McOrist)
• Neutrons from the Galactic Centre (R R Volkas)
• Quaternions and Octonions in Nature (G C Joshi)
• Accretion onto the Supermassive Black Hole at the Centre of Our Galaxy (F Melia)
• and other papers