Basic Ideas and Concepts in Nuclear Physics, An Introductory Approach
Institute of Physics Publishing (Verlag)
9780750303019 (ISBN)
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This book proposal was originally forwarded from Andrew Durnell in 1991. It is different to the competition in style, progressing logically from general nuclear properties to nuclear structure, and in content, choosing to treat the major topics in sufficient depth for the student to obtain further understanding. The logical approach, linking general nuclear properties and nuclear structure is a benefit. The careful selection of topics, well-chosen illustrations, box features containing recent research examples and results, and tested problems, together provide a complete introduction to the major concepts and ideas required to understand nuclear physics. The author is careful throughout to keep nuclear physics in context with other disciplines, and to present the subject area as dynamic and interesting, through the use of box features.
Series Editor Comment "advanced text suitable for final year courses and for introductory postgraduate studies" (Hamilton)
"the range and depth of cover appear ideal and Heyde's approach is excellent ... a good teacher and text follows very much his style ... he also looks forward to the frontiers ... important in a (post) graduate text ... a student can see where his own particular topic may fit in ... many texts are far removed from research ... wealth and choice of figures ... good diagrams can do a lot for a text ... level of mathematics will ensure that it can be widely used"
Part A: Knowing the nucleus: the nuclear constituents and characteristics. Nuclear global properties: Introduction and outline; Nuclear mass table; Nuclear binding; Nuclear extension; Angular momentum; Nuclear moments; Hyperfine interactions; Nuclear reactions; Boxes 1a-f. General nuclear radioactive decay properties and transmutations: General radioactive decay properties; Production, decay of radioactive elements; General decay chains; Radioactive dating methods; Exotic nuclear decay modes; Boxes 2a-b. Part B: Nuclear Interactions: Strong, weak and electromagnetic forces. General methods: Time-dependent perturbation theory - a general method to study interaction properties; Time-dependent perturbation theory - facing the dynamics of the three basic interactions and phase space. Alpha-decay: the strong interaction at work: Kinematics of alpha-decay: alpha particle energy; Dynamics of alpha-decay process; Virtual levels; Penetration through the Coulomb barrier; Alpha-spectroscopy; Conclusion; Boxes 4a-b. Beta-decay: the weak interaction at work:. The old beta-decay theory; Dynamics in beta decay; Classification in beta decay; The neutrino in beta-decay; Symmetry breaking in beta-decay; Boxes 5a-e. Gamma decay: the electromagnetic interaction at work: The classical theory of radiation - a summary; Kinematics of photon emission; the electromagnetic interaction Hamiltonian - minimal coupling; Boxes 6a-b. Part C: Nuclear structure: an introduction. The liquid drop model approach: a semi-empirical method: Introduction; The semi-empirical mass formula; Nuclear stability - the mass surface and the line of stability; Boxes 7a-b. The simplest independent particle model: the Fermi-gas model: The degenerate fermion gas; The nuclear symmetry potential in the Fermi gas; Temperature ^IT=0 pressure: degenerate Fermi-gas stability. The nuclear shell model: Evidence for nuclear shell structure; The three-dimensional central Schr^D"odinger equation; The square-well potential - the energy eigenvalue problem for bound states; The harmonic oscillator potential; The spin-orbit coupling - describing real nuclei; Nuclear mean field; a short introduction to many-body physics in the nucleus; Outlook: the computer versus the atomic nucleus; Boxes 9a-b. Part D: Nuclear structure: recent developments. The nuclear mean-field - single-particle excitations and global nuclear properties: Hartree-Fock theory - a variational approach; Hartree-Fock ground-state properties; Test of single-particle motion in a mean field; Conclusion; Boxes 10a-b. The nuclear shell model - including residual interactions: Introduction; Effective interaction and operators; Two particle systems - wavefunctions and interactions; Energy spectra near and at closed shells; Large-scale shell-model calculations; Box 11a. Collective modes of motion: Nuclear vibrations; Rotational motion of deformed shapes; Algebraic description of nuclear, collective motion; Boxes 12a-b. Deformation in nuclei: shapes and rapid rotation: The harmonic anisotropic oscillator - The Nilsson model; Rotational motion - the cranking model; Rotational motion at very high spin; Boxes 13a-c. Deep inside the nucleus: subnuclear degrees of freedom and beyond: Introduction: Mesons in the nucleus; CEBAF - probing quark effects inside the nucleus; The structure of the nucleon; The quark-gluon phase of matter; Boxes 14a-c. Outlook: the atomic nucleus as part of a larger structure. Appendices.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 22.9.1994 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Atom- / Kern- / Molekularphysik |
| ISBN-13 | 9780750303019 / 9780750303019 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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