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Subject(s)

• Nuclear physics [Browse]

Series

Fundamental and applied nuclear physics series. [More in this series]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-420) and index.

Contents

• Pt. A. Knowing the Nucleus: The Nuclear Constituents and Characteristics. 1. Nuclear global properties. 2. General nuclear radioactive decay properties and transmutations
• Pt. B. Nuclear Interactions: Strong, Weak and Electromagnetic Forces. 3. General methods. 4. Alpha-decay: the strong interaction at work. 5. Beta-decay: the weak interaction at work. 6. Gamma decay: the electromagnetic interaction at work
• Pt. C. Nuclear Structure: An Introduction. 7. The liquid drop model approach: a semi-empirical method. 8. The simplest independent particle model: the Fermi-gas model. 9. The nuclear shell model
• Pt. D. Nuclear Structure: Recent Developments. 10. The nuclear mean-field: single-particle excitations and global nuclear properties. 11. The nuclear shell model: including the residual interactions. 12. Collective modes of motion. 13. Deformation in nuclei: shapes and rapid rotation. 14. Deep inside the nucleus: subnuclear degrees of freedom and beyond.
• 15. Outlook: the atomic nucleus as part of a larger structure
• APP A: Units and conversion between various unit systems
• APP B: Spherical tensor properties
• APP C: Second quantization - an introduction.

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ISBN

075030300X

LCCN

93050715

OCLC

29668144

RCP

C - O

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