Particles and Nuclei: An Introduction to the Physical Concepts

Description

To cope with modern developments, especially in nuclear physics research, this textbook presents nuclear and particle physics from a unifying point of view. The first part, Analysis, is devoted to disentangling the substructure of matter. The second part, Synthesis, shows how the elementary particles may be combined to build hadrons and nuclei. A section on neutrino oscillations and one on nuclear matter at high temperatures bridge the field of "nuclear and particle physics" and "modern astrophysics and cosmology". New developments are also covered. This concise text has become a standard reference for advanced and undergraduate courses. Content: Analysis: The Building Blocks of Matter.- Global Properties of Nuclei.- Nuclear Stability.- Scattering.- Geometric Shapes of Nuclei.- Elastic Scattering off Nucleons.- Deep Inelastic Scattering.- Quarks, Gluons, and the Strong Interaction.- Particle Production in e+e? Collisions.- Phenomenology of the Weak Interaction.- Exchange Bosons of the Weak Interaction.- The Standard Model.- Synthesis: Composite Systems.- Quarkonia.- Mesons Made from Light Quarks.- The Baryons.- The Nuclear Force.- The Structure of Nuclei.- Collective Nuclear Excitations.- Nuclear Thermodynamics.- Many-Body Systems in the Strong Interaction.- Hors d'/uvre.- Hors d'/uvre.