Cottingham, W. N.

An introduction to nuclear physics / W. N. Cottingham, D. A. Greenwood. - Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1986. - xv, 212 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents;

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



Bibliography : p.191 . _ Index : p. 209-212.

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