Synopses & Reviews
An explanation of the basic concepts of theoretical and experimental nuclear and particle physics. |
Table of Contents
1. Background and Language.
I. TOOLS. 2. Accelerators.
3. Passage of Radiation Through Matter.
4. Detectors.
II. PARTICLES AND NUCLEII. 5. The Subatomic Zoo.
6. Structure of Subatomic Particles.
III. SYMMETRIES AND CONSERVATION LAWS. 7. Additive Conservation Laws.
8. Angular Momentum and Isospin.
9. P, C, and T.
IV. INTERACTIONS. 10. The Electromagnetic Interaction.
11. The Weak Interaction.
12. Introduction to Gauge Theories.
13. The Electroweak Theory.
14. Hadronic Interactions.
V. MODELS. 15. Quarks, Mesons, and Baryons.
16. Liquid Drop Model, Fermi Gas Model.
17. The Shell Model.
18. Collective Model.
19. Nuclear Astrophysics.
Appendices.