Basic Ideas and Concepts in Nuclear Physics
An Introductory Approach, Second Edition
2nd Edition
Published on 1. January 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
520 pages
978-0-7503-0535-8 (ISBN)
Description
This is the second edition of an established textbook on nuclear physics for senior undergraduates and postgraduate students. Professor Heyde has taken the opportunity to make the book more useful for students and teachers by adding an extensive set of problems. To bring the book up to date, he has revised several chapters and added a new chapter on nuclei at the extremes of stability. The book has evolved from a course taught by the author and gives a balanced account of both theoretical and experimental nuclear physics. It is also ideal for researchers wanting an accessible introduction to the subject.
Emphasis is given to depth of treatment rather than skimming over topics and there are many diagrams as well as box inserts illustrating particular topics.
Emphasis is given to depth of treatment rather than skimming over topics and there are many diagrams as well as box inserts illustrating particular topics.
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Edition
2nd New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
953 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7503-0535-8 (9780750305358)
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Content
Part A: Knowing the nucleus: The nuclear constituents and characteristics. Nuclear global properties. General nuclear radioactive decay properties and transmutations. Problems for Part A. Part B: Nuclear interactions: strong, weak and electromagnetic forces. General methods. Alpha-decay: the strong interaction at work. Beta-decay: the weak interaction at work. Gamma decay: the electromagnetic interaction at work. Problems for Part B. Part C: Nuclear structure: an introduction. The liquid drop model approach: a semi-empirical method. The simplest independent particle model: the Fermi-gas model. The nuclear shell model. Problems for Part C. Part D: Nuclear structure: recent developments. The nuclear mean-field: single-particle excitations and global nuclear properties. The nuclear shell model: including the residual interactions. Collective modes of motion. Deformation in nuclei: shapes and rapid rotation. Nuclei at the extremes of stability: weakly bound quantum systems and exotic nuclei. Deep inside the nucleus: subnuclear degrees of freedom and beyond. Outlook: the atomic nucleus as part of a larger structure. Problems for Part D. Appendices. Index.