Physics of Atomic Nuclei

Description

This advanced textbook presents an extensive and diverse study of low-energy nuclear physics considering the nucleus as a quantum system of strongly interacting constituents. The contents guide students from the basic facts and ideas to more modern topics including important developments over the last 20 years, resulting in a comprehensive collection of major modern-day nuclear models otherwise unavailable in the current literature. The book emphasizes the common features of the nucleus and other many-body mesoscopic systems currently in the center of interest in physics. The authors have also included full problem sets that can be selected by lecturers and adjusted to specific interests for more advanced students, with many chapters containing links to freely available computer code. As a result, readers are equipped for scientific work in mesoscopic physics. Physics of Atomic Nuclei Front Cover Title Page © Page Contents Preface 1 Building Blocks and Interactions 2 Isospin 3 Two-Body Dynamics and the Deuteron 4 Two-Body Scattering 5 Liquid Drop Model 6 Vibrations of a Spherical Nucleus 7 Fermi Gas Model 8 Spherical Mean Field 9 Independent Particle ShellModel 10 Light Nuclei 11 Many-Body Operator Formalism 12 Nuclear Deformation 13 Pairing Correlations 14 Gamma-Radiation 15 Nuclear Gamma-Transitions and Related Electromagnetic Processes 16 Nuclear Rotation 17 Self-Consistent Field 18 Collective Modes 19 Bosons, Symmetries and Group Models 20 Statistical Properties 21 Nuclear Fission 22 Heavy-ion Reactions: Selected Topics 23 Configuration Interaction Approach 24 Weak Interactions 25 Nucleus as a Chaotic System General Nuclear Data Resources Index