ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 1964
Jezik: Engleski
Oblast: Fizika
Autor: Strani

C Sharp Cook - Structure of Atomic Nuclei
D. Van Nostrand Company Inc., 1964
142 str.
meki povez
stanje: dobro

Table of Contents
Preface
1 The Atom Becomes Known
The Beginnings, 7; The Electron, 7; The Photon, 8; An Ap propriate Unit of Energy, 9; Early Models of the Atom, 10; The Bohr Model of the Hydrogen Atom, 12; The Potential Energy Well, 14; Wavelength of the Electron, 17; Quantum Numbers, 18; Coupling Between Angular Momentum States, 19; The Pauli Exclusion Principle, 23; Equivalence of Mass and Energy, 25
2 The Atomic Nucleus
Introduction to the Nucleus, 26; Atomic and Nuclear Mass, 28; The Atomic Mass Unit, 29; The Proton, the Neutron, and the Deuteron, 30; Radioactive Nuclei, 32; Nuclear Reac tions, 35; Alpha-Particle Structure and Pairing Forces, 37; Gamma Radiation, 39
3 Nuclear Models.
The Need for Nuclear Models, 41; Early Ideas Regarding Nuclear Structure, 42; The Weizsäcker Energy Relationship, 44; An Explanation of Nuclear Reactions, 46; Nuclear Fission, 48; The Nuclear Potential Energy Well, 50; Charge Distribu tions in Nuclei, 53; The Optical Model, 57
4 Magic Numbers
Evidence for Nuclear Shell Structure, 64; The Shell Model, 69; Comparisons Between Predicted and Observed Spins and Magnetic Moments, 74; Individual Nucleon Effects on Nu clear Potential Energy, 79; The Conservation of Angular Mo-mentum in Nuclear Processes, 84; Angular Momentum Trans fer During Interactions Involving Electromagnetic Radiation, 86; Transition Probabilities, 92
5 Vibration and Rotation
Evidence for Collective Motion in Nuclei, 94; Vibrational Energy States in Nuclei, 96; Possible Collective States in Odd-A Nuclei, 100; Rotational States in Nuclei, 102; Mo ments of Inertia, 103; Examples of Rotational States, 105; Mathematical Descriptions of Deformed Nuclei, 107; Quadrupole Moments, 109; Coulomb Excitation, 113
6 Unified Models of the Nucleus
The Unified Model, 116; Shell Model Levels in Deformed Nuclei, 119; Examples of Ground State Rotational Levels in Even-Even Nuclei, 121; Other Excited States of Deformed Nuclei, 124; The Asymmetric Rotor, 127; The Superconduc-tivity Model, 129; Some Other Nuclear Models, 134; Con-cluding Remarks, 136
Bibliography
Index

ABOUT THIS BOOK: Despite several decades of research, no clear
and unambiguous description can be given of the forces that hold individual protons and neutrons together in an atomic nucleus. Physi-cists therefore employ models to interpret experimental observations. This book is a descriptive picture of the most widely accepted models of atomic nuclei and a presentation of the experimental evidence that gives credence to the models. Nuclear models discussed include the liquid drop, optical, and shell models, the unified model developed by Bohr and Mottelson, the asymmetric rotor model, and the supercon-ductivity model. Written with a minimum of mathematical detail, here is a study that can give the beginning physics student or non-profes-sional reader a considerable insight into a complex subject.
The Author: C. SHARP COOK is Physics Consultant to the
Scientific Director, U. S. Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory, San Francisco. After receiving a Ph.D. in Physics from Indiana University in 1948, Dr. Cook was an Assistant Professor at Wash-ington University for five years. A Fulbright scholar in 1961-62 at Aarhus University in Denmark, he is the author of Modern Atomic and Nuclear Physics (Van Nostrand, 1961), and a frequent contributor to scholarly journals.


Non-Fiction, Physics, Nucleus, Magic Numbers, Shell Model, Alpha Particle, Radioactivity, nuclear