This introduction to nuclear physics provides an excellent basis for a core undergraduate course in this area. The authors show how simple models can provide an understanding of the properties of nuclei, both in their ground and excited states, and of the nature of nuclear reactions. They include chapters on nuclear fission, its application in nuclear power reactors, the role of nuclear physics in energy production and nucleosynthesis in stars. This new edition contains several additional topics: muon-catalyzed fusion, the nuclear and neutrino physics of supernovae, neutrino mass and neutrino oscillations, and the biological effects of radiation. A knowledge of basic quantum mechanics and special relativity is assumed. Each chapter ends with a set of problems accompanied by outline solutions.

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"An appropriate addition to the library of any college supporting a physics major." CHOICE Nov 2001

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Noel Cottingham is a theoretician working in the HH Wills Physics Laboratory at the University of Bristol. He is also a visiting professor at the Universit� Pierre at Marie Curie, Paris.

Derek Greenwood is a theoretician working in the HH Wills Physics Laboratory at the University of Bristol.

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Title: Introduction to Nuclear Physics 2ed by Cottingham, W. N.
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0521657334
ISBN 13: 9780521657334
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
This edition first published: 2001-03

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