Basic Ideas and Concepts in Nuclear Physics

by Heyde, Kris L. G.

• ISBN13: 9780750305358
• ISBN10: 0750305355
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-11-01
• Publisher: Inst of Physics Pub Inc

Summary

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 evoked 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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Preface to the Second Edition
Introduction
Knowing the Nucleus: The Nuclear Constituents and Characteristics
Nuclear global properties	p. 1
General nuclear radioactive decay properties and transmutations	p. 59
Problem set - Part A	p. 79
Nuclear Interactions: Strong, Weak and Electromagnetic Forces
General methods	p. 89
Alpha-decay: the strong interaction at work	p. 94
Beta-decay: the weak interaction at work	p. 117
Gamma decay: the electromagnetic interaction at work	p. 177
Problem set - Part B	p. 203
Nuclear Structure: An Introduction
The liquid drop model approach: a semi-empirical method	p. 209
The simplest independent particle model: the Fermi-gas model	p. 228
The nuclear shell model	p. 236
Problem set - Part C	p. 269
Nuclear Structure: Recent Developments
The nuclear mean-field: single-particle excitations and global nuclear properties	p. 279
The nuclear shell model: including the residual interactions	p. 299
Collective modes of motion	p. 340
Deformation in nuclei: shapes and rapid rotation	p. 384
Nuclear physics at the extremes of stability: weakly bound quantum systems and exotic nuclei	p. 414
Deep inside the nucleus: subnuclear degrees of freedom and beyond	p. 455
Outlook: the atomic nucleus as part of a larger structure	p. 480
Units and conversion between various unit systems	p. 485
Spherical tensor properties	p. 494
Second quantization - an introduction	p. 501
References	p. 505
Index	p. 517
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