Nuclear Physics : Principles and Applications

This title provides the latest information on nuclear physics. Based on a course entitled Applications of Nuclear Physics. Written from an experimental point of view this text is broadly divided into two parts, firstly a general introduction to Nuclear Physics and secondly its applications. * Includes chapters on practical examples and problems * Contains hints to solving problems which are included in the appendix * Avoids complex and extensive mathematical treatments * A modern approach to nuclear physics, covering the basic theory, but emphasising the many and important applications Flow Diagram -- Early Discoveries -- The Nucleus And Its Constituents -- Isotopes, Isotones And Isobars -- Nuclear Mass And Energy -- Nuclear Potential And Energy Levels -- Nucleon States In A Nucleus -- Energy Levels Of Nuclei -- Occurrence And Stability Of Nuclei -- Radioactivity And Radioactive Decay -- Alpha Emission -- Beta Emission And Electron Capture -- Gamma Emission And Internal Conversion -- Rate Of Radioactive Decay -- Radioactive Decay Chains -- Radioactivity In The Environment -- Radioactive Dating -- Nuclear Collisions -- Probes -- Cross Section, Differential Cross Section And Reaction Rate -- Isotope Production -- Examples Of Nuclear Reactions -- Nuclear Structure -- Nuclear Mass -- The Nuclear Force -- Semi-empirical Mass Formula -- Nuclear Stability -- Nuclear Shell Model -- Evidence For Shell Structure -- Independent Particle Motion And The Shell Model -- The Spin--orbit Potential -- Single-particle Features -- Parity -- Spectra Of Single-particle Or Single-hole Nuclei -- Collective States -- Vibrational States -- Deformed Nuclei -- Rotational States -- Superdeformation -- Nuclear Instability -- Gamma Emission -- General Features And Selection Rules -- Transition Rate -- Internal Conversion -- Beta Decay -- Beta-particle Energy Spectrum -- Allowed Transitions -- Forbidden Transitions -- Comparison Of [beta]-decay Rates -- Electron Capture -- Alpha Decay -- Semi-classical Theory Of [alpha] Decay -- Alpha-particle Energies And Selection Rules -- Transuranic Nuclei -- Nuclear Reactions. J.s. Lilley. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [379]-383) And Index. This work presents students with a textbook in nuclear physics, based on a course entitled "Applications of Nuclear Physics". It provides straight forward extensive mathematical treatments and covers the basic theory, but emphasising the important applications. It was in 1896 that Becquerel in France detected, by chance, faint traces of the existence of the nucleus in the atom.