Nuclear physics.
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Chicago, Ill. :
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1950.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Properties of nuclei
- A. Isotopes and tables
- B. Packing fraction and binding energy
- C. Liquid drop model
- D. Spin and magnetic dipole moment
- E. Electric quadrupole moment
- F. Radioactivity and its geological aspects
- G. Measurement and biological aspects of radioactivity
- 2. Interaction of radiation with matter
- A. Energy loss by charged particles
- B. Scattering
- C. Passage of electromagnetic radiation through matter
- 3. Alpha emission
- A. Rectangular barrier
- Barrier of arbitrary shape
- Application of barriers to α-decay
- D. Virtual level theory of α-decay
- E. α-ray spectra--
- 4. Beta decay
- A. Introduction
- B. Examples of β-processes
- C. Energy diagrams
- D. Theory of β-decay
- E. Rate of decay
- F. Shape of energy and momentum spectra
- G. Experimental verification
- H. Selection rules
- J. Ft tables
- K. Remarks on K-capture
- L. Remarks on the neutrino hypothesis
- M. Neutrinos and anti-neutrinos
- 5. Gamma-decay
- A. Spontaneous emission
- B. Selection rules
- C. Internal conversion
- D. Isomeric states
- 6. Nuclear forces
- A. Introduction
- B. The deuteron
- C. Neutron-proton scattering
- D. Proton-proton forces
- E. Neutron-neutron forces
- 7. Mesons
- A. Experimental properties
- Theory
- 8. Nuclear reactions
- A. Notation
- B. Cross sections, general
- C. Inverse processes
- D. Compound nucleus
- E. Example of an unstable nucleus (4Be8)
- F. Resonances; Breit-Wigner Formula
- G. Resonances; Data
- H. Statistical nuclear gas model
- J. Fission
- K. Orbit model of the nucleus
- L. Capture of slow neutrons by hydrogen
- M. Photonuclear reactions
- N. Remarks on very high energy phenomena
- 9. Neutrons
- A. Neutron sources
- B. Slowing down of neutrons
- C. Diffusion theory
- D. Scattering of neutrons
- E. Theory of chain reactions
- 10. Cosmic rays
- A. Primary radiation
- B. Secondary radiation
- C. Analysis into hard and soft component
- D. Motion in the Earth’s magnetic field.