Fundamentals of nuclear physics /Fundamentals of nuclear physics

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This book introduces the current understanding of the fundamentals of nuclear physics by referring to key experimental data and by providing a theoretical understanding of principal nuclear properties. It primarily covers the structure of nuclei at low excitation in detail. It also examines nuclear forces and decay properties. In addition to fundamentals, the book treats several new research areas such as non-relativistic as well as relativistic Hartree–Fock calculations, the synthesis of super-heavy elements, the quantum chromodynamics phase diagram, and nucleosynthesis in stars, to convey to readers the flavor of current research frontiers in nuclear physics. The authors explain semi-classical arguments and derivation of its formulae. In these ways an intuitive understanding of complex nuclear phenomena is provided. The book is aimed at graduate school students as well as junior and senior undergraduate students and postdoctoral fellows. It is also useful for researchers to update their knowledge of diverse fields of nuclear structure. The book explains how basic physics such as quantum mechanics and statistical physics, as well as basic physical mathematics, is used to describe nuclear phenomena. A number of questions are given from place to place as supplements to the text. Front Matter....Pages i-xv Introduction....Pages 1-12 Bulk Properties of Nuclei....Pages 13-64 The Nuclear Force and Two-Body Systems....Pages 65-96 Interaction with Electromagnetic Field: Electromagnetic Moments....Pages 97-106 Shell Structure....Pages 107-133 Microscopic Mean-Field Theory (Hartree–Fock Theory)....Pages 135-170 The Shapes of Nuclei....Pages 171-189 Nuclear Decay and Radioactivity....Pages 191-213 Synthesis of Elements....Pages 215-221 Back Matter....Pages 223-269