An Introduction to the Physics of Nuclei and Particles

Richard A. Dunlap

296 pages, parution le 17/04/2003

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Résumé

An Introduction to the Physics of Nuclei and Particles, written about one of the most exciting areas of physics, contains about 20 percent more material than is needed for a 14-week, one-semester course.

This amount of material gives the instructor some freedom in selecting topics while covering the latter half of the book. It is designed for use in a junior or senior level undergraduate course in nuclear and particle physics. Dunlap has taught this course for the last ten years, during the last two of which he used this text.

The text contains a wealth of problems included in a text that is specifically designed to be a manageable length for the course. In order to ensure that the book is up-to-date and interesting for the students, the author has included recent research results whenever possible and has presented data from ongoing experiments.

This is particularly relevant for fields in which there is considerable current research activity, such as neutrino masses and oscillations, quark masses and controlled fusion.

Benefits:

Sections requiring more background in quantum mechanics or electrodynamics may be omitted for a junior level class without altering the continuity of the course.
An Introduction to the Physics of Nuclei and Particles includes up-to-date results from ongoing experiments in fields such as neutrino masses and oscillations, quark masses and controlled fusion.
Basic concepts are integrated with experimental and theoretical results.
An Introduction to the Physics of Nuclei and Particles includes brief introductory chapters with an overview on nuclear terminology, particle classifications and conservation laws to allow for a well-organized presentation of subsequent material.
Feynman diagrams are introduced and used to better understand conservation laws, cross-sections and interactions.
Physical constants and atomic masses are included in the appendices in order to avoid a need for additional reference material.

Contents

Introduction

Basic Concepts
Particles and Interactions

Nuclear Properties and Models

Nuclear Composition and Size
Binding Energy and the Liquid Drop Model
The Shell Model
Properties of the Nucleus

Nuclear Decays and Reactions

General Properties of Decay Processes
Alpha Decay
Beta Decay
Gamma Decay
Nuclear Reactions
Fission Reactions
Fusion Reactions

Particle Physics

Particles and Interactions
The Standard Model
Particle Reactions and Decays
Grand Unified Theories and the Solar Neutrino Problem

Appendices
Bibliography
Index

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Thomson
Auteur(s)	Richard A. Dunlap
Parution	17/04/2003
Nb. de pages	296
Format	16 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	446g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780534392949
ISBN13	978-0-534-39294-9