Visionneuse

Date_TXT

London: Longman, 1979

Auteur

W.E BURCHAM

Sujet

Undergraduate physics; Atomic physics; Special relativity; Quantum mechanics; Radioactivity; Experimental physics; Nuclear models; Nuclear reactions; Electromagnetic interactions; Weak interactions; Strong interactions; Student laboratory; Practical exercises; Physics education; Elementary-particle physics; Nuclear properties; Textbook organization; Physics teaching

Type de document

Livre

Description :

This book, like its predecessor Nuclear Physics, an Introduction (Longman, 1972) is intended for the undergraduate who is ap-proaching the end of a first degree course in physics. It is not simply an abridged version of the earlier book, but is a new attempt to bring some of the more significant achievements of nuclear physics within the compass of second-and third-year university teaching. Much selection of detail has therefore had to be exercised, and certain topics are expanded by an increased use of examples, for many of which solutions are provided. No formal treatment of elementary-particle physics is offered, but the connection of this subject with nuclear physics is emphasized at many points.
The book is written from the point of view of an experimentalist, but it is assumed that the reader has some acquaintance with atomic physics, special relativity, quantum mechanics and radioactivity. Because it is possible for undergraduates to undertake many useful practical exercises in nuclear physics, actual results obtained in a student laboratory are often given as illustrations, in preference to the more polished data to be found in 'the literature'. In the same spirit, and primarily because of pressure of time in the average course, the number of detailed references has been reduced to a minimum; such references are generally to books or articles in which extensive coverage is given.
The organization of the book follows a simple pattern: Part I deals with the methods and techniques of nuclear physics, Part II surveys nuclear properties through the main present-day models, and Part III is concerned with nuclear reactions. In the last part, a classification into the manifestations of the electromagnetic, weak and strong interactions seemed not inappropriate, although bound-aries of this sort cannot always be clearly drawn. As in the earlier book, no account is given of the many important applications of nuclear physics in modern technology, since the concern here is deliberately for the underlying basic discipline My thanks for help in the preparation of this book go to many friends and colleagues, both for detailed scrutiny and for informed