Introductory Nuclear Physics
Published on 1. January 1998
Book
Hardback
738 pages
978-0-19-851989-8 (ISBN)
Description
This text is a comprehensive, balanced and up-to-date introduction to nuclear physics that describes the experiments made to study nuclear reactions and nuclear structure, and the theories and models that have been developed to understand the properties of nucleic and their interactions. After a historical introduction, there are chapters on: nuclear accelerators and detectors; elementary particles; nuclear forces; nuclear reaction theory; nuclear models; nuclear and heavy ion reactions; nuclear astrophysics; and nuclear reactors. While primarily aimed at undergraduates it will also serve as a reference for graduate students and professional nuclear physicists.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrations
ISBN-13
978-0-19-851989-8 (9780198519898)
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Content
Ch 1 - Historical Introduction. Ch 2 - Radioactivity. Ch 3 - The Discovery of the nucleus. Ch 4 - Particle accelerators and neutron sources. Ch 5 - Particle detectors. Ch 6 - Basic Forces. Ch 7 - The Leptons. Ch 8 - The Hadrons. Ch 9 - The Quarks. Ch 10 - Laws of Invasriance. Ch 11 - Boson Field Theory and Phenomenological Description of Nuclear Forces. Ch 12 - Few-Nucleon Systems. Ch 13 - The Theory of Scattering. Ch 14 - Nucleon-Nucleon Scattering. Ch 15 - Nuclear Systematics. Ch 16 - Nuclear Properties. Ch 17 - Nuclear Models. Ch 18 - Nuclear Decay. Ch 19 - General Features of Nuclear Reactions. Ch 20 - Direct Reactions. Ch 21 - Compound Nucleus Reactions. Ch 22 - Pre-Equilibrium and Composite-Particle Reactions. Ch 23 - Heavy-Ion Reactions. Ch 24 - Nuclear Reactors. Ch 25 - Cosmology and nuclear astrophysics