Modern Atomic and Nuclear Physics
2nd Edition
Published on 1. January 1996
Book
Hardback
791 pages
978-0-07-025881-5 (ISBN)
Description
Appropriate for intermediate or advanced courses in modern or nuclear physics, this text provides treatment of modern, atomic and nuclear physics, including X-ray absorption and magnetic resonance theory. It blends historical and current developments and application techniques in research. Summaries are included throughout the text in order to refocus student attention on important facts.
More details
Edition
2nd ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations, ports.
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Weight
1140 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-025881-5 (9780070258815)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Special theory of relativity; the configuration of the atom - Rutherford's model; quantum states of atoms - the Bohr model; fine structure in atomic spectra - electron spin; atoms containing many electrons - Pauli exclusion principle; X-rays; introductory quantum mechanics I - concepts; introductory quantum mechanics II - Schrodinger equation; basic concepts of nuclear physics; radioactive decay; nuclear forces and nuclear models; nuclear reactions; hyperfine interactions; high energy physics. Appendices: ion beam physics; tables of isotopes; periodic tables of elements; 1986 recommended values of the physical constants; V-1 tables of atomic-electron binding energies.