Introductory Nuclear Physics

by Wong, Samuel S. M.

• ISBN13: 9780471239734
• ISBN10: 0471239739
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-09-03
• Publisher: Wiley-VCH

Summary

A comprehensive, unified treatment of present-day nuclear physics-the fresh edition of a classic text/reference. "A fine and thoroughly up-to-date textbook on nuclear physics . . . most welcome." -Physics Today (on the First Edition). What sets Introductory Nuclear Physics apart from other books on the subject is its presentation of nuclear physics as an integral part of modern physics. Placing the discipline within a broad historical and scientific context, it makes important connections to other fields such as elementary particle physics and astrophysics. Now fully revised and updated, this Second Edition explores the changing directions in nuclear physics, emphasizing new developments and current research-from superdeformation to quark-gluon plasma. Author Samuel S.M. Wong preserves those areas that established the First Edition as a standard text in university physics departments, focusing on what is exciting about the discipline and providing a concise, thorough, and accessible treatment of the fundamental aspects of nuclear properties. In this new edition, Professor Wong: * Includes a chapter on heavy-ion reactions-from high-spin states to quark-gluon plasma * Adds a new chapter on nuclear astrophysics * Relates observed nuclear properties to the underlying nuclear interaction and the symmetry principles governing subatomic particles * Regroups material and appendices to make the text easier to use * Lists Internet links to essential databases and research projects * Features end-of-chapter exercises using real-world data. Introductory Nuclear Physics, Second Edition is an ideal text for courses in nuclear physics at the senior undergraduate or first-year graduate level. It is also an important resource for scientists and engineers working with nuclei, for astrophysicists and particle physicists, and for anyone wishing to learn more about trends in the field.

Author Biography

SAMUEL S.M. WONG is Professor of Physics at the University of Toronto. His work spans three decades, with research interests ranging from nuclear structure to nuclear reactions involving intermediate-energy nucleons and relativistic heavy ions. Professor Wong has published numerous papers and is the author of Computational Methods in Physics and Engineering (now in its second edition) and Nuclear Statistical Spectroscopy.

Table of Contents

Useful Constants	viii	(1)
Preface to the Second Edition	ix	(2)
Preface to the First Edition	xi
1 Introduction	1	(20)
1-1 Brief Early History of Nuclear Physics	1	(3)
1-2 What Is Nuclear Physics?	4	(3)
1-3 General Properties of Nuclei	7	(11)
1-4 Commonly Used Units and Constants	18	(2)
Problems	20	(1)
2 Nucleon Structure	21	(36)
2-1 Quarks and Leptons	21	(4)
2-2 Quarks, the Basic Building Block of Hadrons	25	(2)
2-3 Isospin	27	(3)
2-4 Isospin of Antiparticles	30	(2)
2-5 Isospin of Quarks	32	(3)
2-6 Strangeness and Other Quantum Numbers	35	(4)
2-7 Static Quark Model of Hadrons	39	(9)
2-8 Magnetic Dipole Moment of the Baryon Octet	48	(5)
2-9 Hadron Mass and Quark-Quark Interaction	53	(2)
Problems	55	(2)
3 Nuclear Force and Two-Nucleon Systems	57	(48)
3-1 The Deuteron	57	(4)
3-2 Deuteron Magnetic Dipole Moment	61	(4)
3-3 Deuteron Electric Quadrupole Moment	65	(3)
3-4 Tensor Force and the Deuteron D-state	68	(3)
3-5 Symmetry and Nuclear Force	71	(7)
3-6 Yukawa Theory of Nuclear Interaction	78	(2)
3-7 Nucleon-Nucleon Scattering Phase Shifts	80	(9)
3-8 Low-Energy Scattering Parameters	89	(6)
3-9 The Nuclear Potential	95	(7)
3-10 Problems	102	(3)
4 Bulk Properties of Nuclei	105	(56)
4-1 Electron Scattering Form Factor	105	(4)
4-2 Charge Radius and Charge Density	109	(4)
4-3 Nucleon Form Factor	113	(2)
4-4 High-Energy Lepton Scattering	115	(4)
4-5 Matter Density and Charge Density	119	(5)
4-6 Nuclear Shape and Electromagnetic Moments	124	(5)
4-7 Magnetic Dipole Moment of Old Nuclei	129	(3)
4-8 Ground State Spin and Isospin	132	(7)
4-9 Semi-Empirical Mass Formulas	139	(4)
4-10 Alpha-Particle Decay	143	(7)
4-11 Nuclear Fission	150	(4)
4-12 Infinite Nuclear Matter	154	(4)
Problems	158	(3)
5 Electromagnetic and Weak Interaction	161	(44)
5-1 Nuclear Transition Matrix Element	161	(4)
5-2 Transition Probability in Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory	165	(3)
5-3 Electromagnetic Transition	168	(10)
5-4 Single-Particle Value	178	(3)
5-5 Weak Interaction and Beta Decay	181	(8)
5-6 Nuclear Beta Decay	189	(15)
Problems	204	(1)
6 Nuclear Collective Motion	205	(30)
6-1 Vibrational Model	205	(7)
6-2 Giant Resonance	212	(6)
6-3 Rotational Model	218	(11)
6-4 Interacting Boson Approximation	229	(4)
Problems	233	(2)
7 Microscopic Models of Nuclear Structure	235	(40)
7-1 Many-Body Basis States	235	(3)
7-2 Magic Number and Single-Particle Energy	238	(8)
7-3 Hartree-Fock Single-Particle Hamiltonian	246	(4)
7-4 Deformed Single-Particle States	250	(6)
7-5 Spherical Shell Model	256	(15)
7-6 Other Models	271	(2)
Problems	273	(2)
8 Nuclear Reactions	275	(42)
8-1 Coulomb Excitation	275	(5)
8-2 Compound Nucleus Formation	280	(6)
8-3 Direct Reaction	286	(5)
8-4 The Optical Model	291	(2)
8-5 Intermediate-Energy Nucleon Scattering	303	(5)
8-6 Meson-Nucleus Reactions	308	(7)
Problems	315	(2)
9 Nuclei under Extreme Conditions	317	(38)
9-1 Overview of Heavy-Ion Reactions	317	(9)
9-2 High-Spin States in Nuclei	326	(14)
9-3 Phase Transition and Quark-Gluon Plasma	340	(13)
Problems	353	(2)
10 Nuclear Astrophysics	355	(34)
10-1 Brief Overview of Stellar Evolution	355	(6)
10-2 Rate for Nonresonant Reactions	361	(2)
10-3 Conversion of Proton into Helium	363	(3)
10-4 Solar Neutrino Problem	366	(7)
10-5 Helium Burning and Beyond	373	(8)
10-6 Supernova and Synthesis of Heavy Nuclei	381	(6)
Problems	387	(2)
11 Nuclear Physics: Present and Future	389	(8)
Appendix A: Parity and Angular Momentum	397	(12)
A-1 Parity Transformation	397	(2)
A-2 Spherical Tensor and Rotation Matrix	399	(3)
A-3 Angular Momentum Recoupling Coefficients	402	(3)
A-4 Racah Coefficient and 9j-Symbol	405	(1)
A-5 Wigner-Eckart Theorem	406	(1)
A-6 Lande Formula	407	(2)
Appendix B: Scattering by a Central Potential	409	(26)
B-1 Scattering Amplitude and Cross Section	409	(3)
B-2 Partial Waves and Phase Shifts	412	(7)
B-3 Effective Range Analysis	419	(3)
B-4 Scattering from a Complex Potential	422	(4)
B-5 Coulomb Scattering	426	(3)
B-6 Formal Solution to the Scattering Equation	429	(6)
Bibliography	435	(10)
Index	445