MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS
Science Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Nuclear
physics
Synopsis Topics chosen from the following. Review of binding energy,
pairing and semi-empirical mass formula, mass parabolas. Characteristics of
nuclear levels, shell model, spin-orbit coupling, level width. Interactions of
radiation with matter, radiation detection. Radioactive decay, multipoles and
gamma decay, selection rules. Beta decay and the neutrino. Fermi theory of beta
decay. The nuclear force. The deuteron.
Prescribed text
- Krane W S Introduction to nuclear physics Wiley, 1987
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