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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 June 2012
    22 February 2001
    ISBN:
    9781139164405
    9780521651493
    9780521657334
    Creative Commons:
    Creative Common License - CC Creative Common License - BY Creative Common License - NC
    This content is Open Access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence CC-BY-NC 4.0.
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    Dimensions:
    (228 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.503kg, 288 Pages
    Dimensions:
    (228 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.392kg, 288 Pages
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This clear and concise introduction to nuclear physics provides an excellent basis for a core undergraduate course. The book opens by setting nuclear physics in the context of elementary particle physics and then shows how simple models can provide an understanding of the properties of nuclei and the nature of nuclear reactions. The book also includes chapters on nuclear fission, its application in nuclear power reactors, the role of nuclear physics in energy production and nucleosynthesis in stars. This second edition contains several additional topics: muon-catalysed fusion, the nuclear and neutrino physics of supernovae, neutrino mass and neutrino oscillations, and the biological effects of radiation. A knowledge of basic quantum mechanics and special relativity is assumed. Appendices deal with other more specialized topics. Each chapter ends with a set of problems for which outline solutions are provided. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

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‘This clear and concise introduction to nuclear physics provide an excellent basis for a ‘core’ undergraduate course in this area.’

Source: Physics Courier

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Contents

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  • Frontmatter
    pp i-iv
  • Contents
    pp v-viii
  • Preface to the second edition
    pp ix-ix
  • Preface to the first edition
    pp x-xi
  • Constants of nature, conversion factors and notation
    pp xii-xii
  • Glossary of some important symbols
    pp xiii-xvi
  • 1 - Prologue
    pp 1-6
  • 2 - Leptons and the electromagnetic and weak interactions
    pp 7-18
  • 3 - Nucleons and the strong interaction
    pp 19-32
  • 4 - Nuclear sizes and nuclear masses
    pp 33-55
  • 5 - Ground-state properties of nuclei: the shell model
    pp 56-73
  • 6 - Alpha decay and spontaneous fission
    pp 74-88
  • 7 - Excited states of nuclei
    pp 89-102
  • 8 - Nuclear reactions
    pp 103-114
  • 9 - Power from nuclear fission
    pp 115-129
  • 10 - Nuclear fusion
    pp 130-150
  • 11 - Nucleosynthesis in stars
    pp 151-162
  • 12 - Beta decay and gamma decay
    pp 163-185
  • 13 - Neutrinos
    pp 186-198
  • 14 - The passage of energetic particles through matter
    pp 199-213
  • 15 - Radiation and life
    pp 214-221
  • Appendix A: Cross-sections
    pp 222-227
  • Appendix B: Density of states
    pp 227-230
  • Appendix C: Angular momentum
    pp 230-235
  • Appendix D: Unstable states and resonances
    pp 235-244
  • Further reading
    pp 245-245
  • Answers to problems
    pp 246-266
  • Index
    pp 267-271

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