Basic Ideas and Concepts in Nuclear Physics: An Introductory Approach

Abstract

KNOWING THE NUCLEUS: THE NUCLEAR CONSTITUENTS AND CHARACTERISTICS Global Nuclear Properties General Nuclear Radioactive Decay Properties and Transmutations NUCLEAR INTERACTIONS: STRONG, WEAK AND ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCES General Methods Alpha Decay: The Strong Interaction at Work Beta Decay: The Weak Interaction at Work Gamma decay: The Electromagnetic Interaction at Work NUCLEAR STRUCTURE: AN INTRODUCTION The Liquid Drop Model Approach: A Semi-Empirical Method The Simplest Independent Particle Model: The Fermi-Gas Model The Nuclear Shell Model NUCLEAR STRUCTURE: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS The Nuclear Mean Field: Single Particle Excitations and Global Nuclear Properties The Nuclear Shell Model: Including Residual Interactions Nuclear Physics of Very Light Nuclei Collective Modes of Motion Deformation in Nuclei Nuclear Physics at the Extremes of Stability: Weakly Bound Quantum Systems and Exotic Nuclei Deep Inside the Nucleus: Subnuclear Degrees of Freedom and Beyond Outlook: The Atomic Nucleus as Part of a Larger Structure Appendices Units and Conversion Between Various unit Systems Spherical Tensor Properties Second Quantization - An Introduction References