Treatise on Heavy-Ion Science - Volume 8: Nuclei Far From Stability

List of contents

1. Structures of Nuclei Far From Stability.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Shapes and Structures of Nuclei: Views of a Decade Ago.- 3. Shape Coexistence in Tl-Hg-Au-Pt Nuclei.- 4. Spherical and Deformed Magic Numbers and Reinforcing and Switching Shell Gaps.- 5. Shell Closures and "Classical" Spherical Magic Numbers Far From Stability.- 6. New Directions in Studying Nuclei Far From Stability.- 7. Other New Directions.- Acknowledgments.- References.- 2. Production of Nuclei Far From Stability.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Production of Nuclei Far From Stability by Complete-Fusion Reactions.- 3. Production of Nuclei Far From Stability in Multinucleon Transfer Reactions.- 4. Projectile Fragmentation as a Method for Producing Nuclei Far From Stability.- 5. Conclusion.- Acknowledgments.- References.- 3. Proton-Rich Light Nucle.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Techniques for the Study of Light Proton-Rich Nuclei.- 3. Nuclear Masses and Stability.- 4. Decay Modes of Proton-Rich Nuclei.- 5. Recent Spectroscopy Above Z = 22.- References.- 4. Very Neutron Rich Very Light Nucle.- 1. The Neutron Drip-Line.- 2. Nuclear Reactions with Formation of Neutron-Rich Isotopes of the Lightest Elements.- 3. Methods of Measurement and Identification of Neutron-Rich Light Nuclei.- 4. Systematics of Neutron-Rich Isotopes of the Lightest Elements.- 5. Some Properties of Neutron-Rich Nuclei.- 6. Conclusions.- Acknowledgments.- References.- 5. On-Line Mass Separators.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Production of Nuclei Far From Stability.- 3. Targets for On-Line Mass Separators.- 4. Ion Sources for On-Line Mass Separators.- 5. On-Line Mass-Separator Systems.- 6. Concluding Remarks.- References.- 6. On the Possible Use of Secondary Radioactive Beams.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Production of Beams of Radioactive Nuclei.- 3. PossibleUse of Radioactive Beams.- 4. Conclusion.- Acknowledgments.- References.- 7. Nuclear Radii and Moments of Unstable Isotopes.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Introduction to Isotope Shift and Hyperfine Structure in Atomic Spectra.- 3. Methods of Atomic Spectroscopy Far Off Stability.- 4. Discussion of Nuclear Moments and Radii in Extended Chains of Isotopes.- 5. Concluding Remarks.- Acknowledgments.- References.- 8. Cluster Radioactivities.- 2. Nuclear Stability.- 3. Deformation Energies for Binary Systems with Charge Asymmetry Different from the Mass Asymmetry.- 4. Computation of the Deformation-Dependent Terms of the Potential Energy.- 5. ?-Particle Decay as a Fissionlike Process.- 6. Analytical Superasymmetric Fission Models.- 7. New Decay Modes Involving Spontaneous Emission of Heavy Nuclei.- 8. Conclusions.- Acknowledgments.- References.

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• Assisted by: A Bromley (Editor), D A Bromley (Editor), D. a. Bromley (Editor), D.A. Bromley (Editor), David A. Bromley (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.04.2014
• EAN: 9781461280453
• ISBN: 978-1-4612-8045-3
• No. of pages: 727
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 40 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 1075 g
• Illustrations: XXIII, 727 p. 149 illus., 2 illus. in color.
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Atomic physics, nuclear physics