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An introduction to the physics of nuclei and particles
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Title
An introduction to the physics of nuclei and particles / Richard A. Dunlap.
ISBN
9780750360944
9780750360937
9780750360920
9780750360951
Edition
Second edition.
Publication
Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2023]
Physical Description
1 online resource : illustrations (some color).
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Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
"Version: 20231101"--Title page verso.
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Biographical / Historical Note
Richard A. Dunlap is a Research Professor at Dalhousie University in Canada. He joined Dalhousie University in 1981 and became a full professor in 1990. He was the director of the Dalhousie University Institute for Research in Materials from 2009 to 2015. Having published more than 300 refereed research papers, his research interests include nuclear spectroscopies, magnetic materials, quasicrystals, critical phenomena and advanced batteries materials. He is the author of thirteen books, including six with IOP ebooks.
Summary
This second edition of An Introduction to the Physics of Nuclei and Particles is intended as a textbook for a one semester third or fourth year undergraduate course and requires a basic background in quantum mechanics. The text covers the basic properties of nuclei and the models of nuclear structure. It also covers nuclear stability, nuclear decay processes and nuclear reactions. The basic properties of subatomic particles are presented, and the standard model of hadronic structure is covered. The book covers recent developments in both nuclear and particle physics. In the field of nuclear physics, these developments include alpha-clustering models and double beta decay. Recent advances in the development of nuclear fission and fusion reactors are also discussed. In the area of particle physics, the recent discovery of the Higgs boson and advancements in our knowledge of neutrino masses and oscillations are presented.
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IOP ebooks.
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Also available in print.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 13, 2023
Series
[IOP release $release]
IOP ebooks. [2023 collection]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Audience
Third or fourth year undergraduate students.
Contents
part I. Introduction. 1. Basic concepts
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Terminology and definitions
1.3. Units and dimensions
1.4. Sources of information
2. Subatomic particles and their interactions
2.1. Classification of subatomic particles
2.2. Classification and ranges of interactions
2.3. Conservation laws
part II. Nuclear properties and models. 3. Nuclear composition and size
3.1. Composition of the nucleus
3.2. Rutherford scattering
3.3. Charge distribution of the nucleus
3.4. Mass distribution of the nucleus
4. Binding energy and the liquid drop model
4.1. Definition and properties of the nuclear binding energy
4.2. The liquid drop model
4.3. Beta stability
4.4. Nucleon separation energies
5. The shell model
5.1. Overview of atomic structure
5.2. Evidence for nuclear shell structure
5.3. The infinite square well potential
5.4. Other forms of the nuclear potential
5.5. Spin-orbit coupling
5.6. Nuclear energy levels
6. Properties of the nucleus
6.1. Ground state spin and parity
6.2. Excited nuclear states
6.3. Mirror nuclei
6.4. Electromagnetic moments of the nucleus
6.5. Electric quadrupole moments
6.6. Magnetic dipole moments
6.7. Other approaches to modeling nuclei
part III. Nuclear decays and reactions. 7. General properties of decay processes
7.1. Decay rates and lifetimes
7.2. Quantum mechanical considerations
7.3. Radioactive dating
8. Alpha decay
8.1. Energetics of alpha decay
8.2. Theory of alpha decay
8.3. Angular momentum considerations
9. Beta decay
9.1. Energetics of beta decay
9.2. Fermi theory of beta decay
9.3. Fermi-Kurie plots
9.4. Allowed and forbidden transitions
9.5. Parity violation in beta decay
9.6. Double beta decay
10. Gamma decay
10.1. Energetics of gamma decay
10.2. Classical theory of radiative processes
10.3. Quantum mechanical description of gamma decay
10.4. Selection rules
10.5. Internal conversion
11. Nuclear reactions
11.1. General classification of reactions and conservation laws
11.2. Inelastic scattering
11.3. Nuclear reactions
11.4. Deuteron stripping reactions
11.5. Neutron reactions
11.6. Coulomb effects
12. Fission reactions
12.1. Basic properties of fission processes
12.2. Induced fission
12.3. Fission processes in uranium
12.4. Neutron cross sections for uranium
12.5. Critical mass for chain reactions
12.6. Moderators and reactor control
12.7. Reactor stability
12.8. Current fission reactor designs
12.9. Advanced fission reactor designs
13. Fusion reactions
13.1. Fusion processes
13.2. Fusion cross sections and reaction rates
13.3. Stellar fusion processes
13.4. Fusion reactors
13.5. Magnetic confinement reactors
13.6. Inertial confinement reactors
part IV. Particle physics. 14. Particles and interactions
14.1. Classification of particles
14.2. Properties of leptons
14.3. Feynman diagrams
15. The standard model
15.1. Evidence for quarks
15.2. Composition of light hadrons
15.3. Composition of heavy hadrons
15.4. More about quarks
15.5. Color and gluons
16. Particle reactions and decays
16.1. Reactions and decays in the context of the quark model
16.2. W<< and Z0 bosons
16.3. Quark generation mixing
16.4. Conservation laws and vertex rules
16.5. Classification of interactions
16.6. Transition probabilities and Feynman diagrams
16.7. Meson production and fragmentation
16.8. CP violation in neutral meson decays
17. The Higgs boson
17.1. Yukawa theory and the mass of the weak boson
17.2. Spontaneous symmetry breaking and the Higgs field
17.3. The Higgs boson
17.4. Experimental observation of the Higgs boson
18. Proton decay
18.1. Grand unified theories
18.2. Proton decay
18.3. Cherenkov radiation and its detection
18.4. The Kamioka observatory
18.5. Experimental limits to proton decay
19. Neutrino oscillations and masses
19.1. Solar neutrinos
19.2. Neutrino flavor states
19.3. Real-time neutrino experiments
19.4. More solar neutrino results
19.5. Atmospheric neutrino studies
19.6. Reactor neutrino studies
19.7. Geoneutrino measurements
19.8. Neutrino oscillations and masses
19.9. Other approaches to measuring neutrino masses
19.10. Summary
Appendix A. Physical constants and conversion factors
Appendix B. Properties of nuclides
Appendix C. An overview of particle accelerators
Appendix D. Solutions to even numbered problems.
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