| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
xv, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 245) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Prologue -- 2. Leptons and the electromagnetic and weak interactions -- 3. Nucleons and the strong interaction -- 4. Nuclear sizes and nuclear masses -- 5. Ground state properties of nuclei, the shell model -- 6. Alpha decay and spontaneous fission -- 7. Excited states of nuclei -- 8. Nuclear reactions -- 9. Power from nuclear fission -- 10. Nuclear fission -- 11. Nucleosynthesis in stars -- 12. Beta decay and gamma decay -- 13. The passage of energetic particles through matter. |
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Appendices: A. Cross-sections -- B. Density of statesC. Angular momentum -- D. Unstable states and resonances -- E. Radioactivity and radiological units. |
| Subject |
Nuclear physics.
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| Added Author |
Greenwood, D. A.
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| ISBN |
0521651492 hardback |
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0521657334 paperback |
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