Introduction to Nuclear Physics

Originally published in 1948, this provides an introduction to the principal ideas necessary for an understanding in the experimental side of nuclear physics.

List of contents

Preface; Part I. Introductory: 1. Experiments - and the type of information obtained; 2. Interpretation within the scheme of macroscopic physics; 3. The need for a new point of view: interpretation in terms of wave mechanics; 4. Elementary particles: nuclear structure; Part II. Concerning Stable Nuclei: 5. Nuclear charge and mass; 6. Rotational attributes: mechanical and magnetic moments of nuclei; Part III. Concerning Unstable Nuclei: 7. Emissions of x particles; 8. Emission of electrons, positive and negative; 9. Emissions of quanta; Part IV. Transformations Produced by Fast-Moving Particles and by Radiation: 10. Transformations produced by x particles; 11. Transformations produced by neutrons; 12. Transformations produced by accelerated particles; 13. Effects produced by quanta; Name index.

Summary

Originally published in 1948, this provides an introduction to the principal ideas necessary for an understanding in the experimental side of nuclear physics.

Product details

• Authors: N. Feather, Norman Feather
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2016
• EAN: 9781316509678
• ISBN: 978-1-316-50967-8
• No. of pages: 230
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Atomic physics, nuclear physics; SCIENCE / Physics / Nuclear, Nuclear physics