An introduction to nuclear physics /
W.N. Cottingham, D.A. Greenwood.
- Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] : New York : Cambridge University Press, 1986.
- xv, 210 p. ill. ; 24 cm.
Preface; Constants of nature, conversion factors and notation; Glossary of some important symbols; 1. Prologue; 2. Leptons and the electromagnetic and weak interactions; 3. Nucleons and the strong interaction; 4. Nuclear sizes and nuclear masses; 5. Ground state properties of nuclei: the shell model; 6. Alpha decay and spontaneous fission; 7. Excited states of nuclei; 8. Nuclear reactions; 9. Power from nuclear fission; 10. Nuclear fusion; 11. Nucleosynthesis in stars; 12. Beta decay and gamma decay; 13. The passage of energetic particles through matter; Appendices; Answers to problems; Index.