Nuclear Physics 1. Ibrahima Sakho

      

Table of Contents

      1  Cover

      2  Title Page

      3  Copyright

      4  Preface

      5  1 Overview of the Nucleus 1.1. Discovery of the electron 1.2. The birth of the nucleus 1.3. Composition of the nucleus 1.4. Nucleus dimensions 1.5. Nomenclature of nuclides 1.6. Nucleus stability 1.7. Exercises 1.8. Solutions to exercises

      6  2 Nuclear Deexcitations 2.1. Nuclear shell model 2.2. Angular momentum and parity 2.3. Gamma deexcitation 2.4. Internal conversion 2.5. Deexcitation by nucleon emission 2.6. Bethe–Weizsäcker semi-empirical mass formula 2.7. Mass parabola equation for odd A 2.8. Nuclear potential barrier 2.9. Exercises 2.10. Solutions to exercises

      7  3 Alpha Radioactivity 3.1. Experimental facts 3.2. Radioactive decay 3.3. α radioactivity 3.4. Exercises 3.5. Solutions to exercises

      8  4 Beta Radioactivity, Radioactive Family Tree 4.1. Beta radioactivity 4.2. Radioactive family trees 4.3. Radionuclide production by nuclear bombardment 4.4. Natural radioactive series 4.5. Exercises 4.6. Solutions to exercises

      9  Appendices

      10  Appendix 1 Quantified Energy of the Three-Dimensional Quantum Harmonic Oscillator A1.1. Integration of the Schrödinger equation A1.2. Use of creation and annihilation operators

      11  Appendix 2 Atomic Masses of Several Nuclides

      12  References

      13  Index

      14  End User License Agreement

      Guide

      1  Cover

      2  Table of Contents

      3  Title Page

      4  Copyright

      5  Preface

      6  Begin Reading

      7  Appendices

      8  Appendix 1 Quantified Energy of the Three-Dimensional Quantum Harmonic Oscillator

      9  Appendix 2 Atomic Masses of Several Nuclides

      10  References

      11  Index

      12  End User License Agreement

      List of Illustrations

      1 Chapter 1Figure 1.1. Crookes tubeFigure 1.2. Crookes tube wall fluorescenceFigure 1.3. Perrin’s simplified experimental set-upFigure 1.4. Simplified set-up for measuring the electron mass-to-charge ratio: (...Figure 1.5a. Millikan’s simplified experimental deviceFigure 1.5b. Uniform drop motion of a droplet of charge q, mass m and radius r. ...