TY - BOOK AU - Cottingham,W.N. AU - Greenwood,D.A. TI - An introduction to nuclear physics / SN - 0521265800 U1 - 539.7 19 PY - 1986/// CY - Cambridge [Cambridgeshire], New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Nuclear physics KW - Particles (Nuclear physics) N1 - 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 ER -