An Introduction To Experimental Nuclear Reactions

Author : Chinmay Basu
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000482096

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An Introduction to Experimental Nuclear Reactions by Chinmay Basu Pdf

An Introduction to Experimental Nuclear Reactions is a book with a concise and simple approach to the subject of experimental nuclear physics. The subject being very technical, it is dealt with in a lucid way so that the reader can grasp the concept and later gain hands-on experience while doing fieldwork. In this book, theoretical, experimental and instrumentation aspects are covered with an emphasis on accelerator-based techniques, which form the basis for the subject of experimental nuclear physics. Other books on similar topics either concentrate on the physics aspects or are more focussed on the instrumentation and radiation detection techniques while accelerator-related concepts are less explained. One of the main standalone features of the book is its to-the-point approach so that the beginner is not lost in the never-ending details. This book discusses the following aspects: Basic introduction to nuclear reactions Two- and three-body kinematics Accelerator-based experimental techniques Basic aspects of the accelerator and accessories Vacuum physics Radiation detector physics and its associated electronics Theoretical modelling and errors This book is mainly intended for students who aspire to pursue a career in experimental nuclear physics research or work in a nuclear accelerator laboratory. Chinmay Basu, PhD, is a researcher in the field of experimental nuclear physics, and his present interests are in the field of low-energy nuclear astrophysics. He is a professor and head of an accelerator facility at the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, India.

Author : C.A. Bertulani,P. Danielewicz
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781351991018

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Introduction to Nuclear Reactions by C.A. Bertulani,P. Danielewicz Pdf

Until the publication of Introduction to Nuclear Reactions, an introductory reference on nonrelativistic nuclear reactions had been unavailable. Providing a concise overview of nuclear reactions, this reference discusses the main formalisms, ranging from basic laws to the final formulae used to calculate measurable quantities. Well known in their fields, the authors begin with a discussion of scattering theory followed by a study of its applications to specific nuclear reactions. Early chapters give a framework of scattering theory that can be easily understood by the novice. These chapters also serve as an introduction to the underlying physical ideas. The largest section of the book comprises the physical models that have been developed to account for the various aspects of nuclear reaction phenomena. The final chapters survey applications of the eikonal wavefunction to nuclear reactions as well as examine the important branch of nuclear transport equations. By combining a thorough theoretical approach with applications to recent experimental data, Introduction to Nuclear Reactions helps you understand the results of experimental measurements rather than describe how they are made. A clear treatment of the topics and coherent organization make this information understandable to students and professionals with a solid foundation in physics as well as to those with a more general science and technology background.

Author : Carlos Bertulani,Pawel Danielewicz
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000356311

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Introduction to Nuclear Reactions by Carlos Bertulani,Pawel Danielewicz Pdf

Until the publication of the first edition of Introduction to Nuclear Reactions in 2004, an introductory reference on nuclear reactions had been unavailable. Now, fully updated throughout, this second edition continues to provide an authoritative overview of nuclear reactions. It discusses the main formalisms, ranging from basic laws to the final formulae used in academic research to calculate measurable quantities. Well known in their fields, the authors begin with a basic introduction to elements of scattering theory followed by a study of its applications to specific nuclear reactions. Early chapters give a framework of compound nucleus formation and its decay, fusion, fission, and direct reactions, that can be easily understood by the novice. These chapters also serve as prototypes for applications of the underlying physical ideas presented in previous chapters. The largest section of the book comprises the physical models that have been developed to account for the various aspects of nuclear reaction phenomena, including reactions in stellar environments, cosmic rays, and during the big bang. The final chapters survey applications of the eikonal wavefunction and of nuclear transport equations to nuclear reactions at high energies. By combining a thorough theoretical approach with applications to recent experimental data, Introduction to Nuclear Reactions helps you understand the results of experimental measurements rather than describe how they are made. A clear treatment of the topics and coherent organization make this information understandable to students and professionals with a solid foundation in physics as well as to those with a more general science and technology background. Features: Analyses in detail different models of the nucleus and discusses their interrelations. Fully updated throughout, with new sections and additional discussions on stellar evolution, big bang nucleosynthesis, neutron stars and relativistic heavy ion collisions. Discusses the latest developments in nuclear reaction theory and experiments and explores both direct reaction theories and heavy ion reactions, which are newly important to nuclear physics in reactions with rare nuclear isotopes.

Author : Hans Paetz gen. Schieck
Publisher : Springer
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642539862

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Nuclear Reactions by Hans Paetz gen. Schieck Pdf

Nuclei and nuclear reactions offer a unique setting for investigating three (and in some cases even all four) of the fundamental forces in nature. Nuclei have been shown – mainly by performing scattering experiments with electrons, muons and neutrinos – to be extended objects with complex internal structures: constituent quarks; gluons, whose exchange binds the quarks together; sea-quarks, the ubiquitous virtual quark-antiquark pairs and last but not least, clouds of virtual mesons, surrounding an inner nuclear region, their exchange being the source of the nucleon-nucleon interaction. The interplay between the (mostly attractive) hadronic nucleon-nucleon interaction and the repulsive Coulomb force is responsible for the existence of nuclei; their degree of stability, expressed in the details and limits of the chart of nuclides; their rich structure and the variety of their interactions. Despite the impressive successes of the classical nuclear models and of ab-initio approaches, there is clearly no end in sight for either theoretical or experimental developments as shown e.g. by the recent need to introduce more sophisticated three-body interactions to account for an improved picture of nuclear structure and reactions. Yet, it turns out that the internal structure of the nucleons has comparatively little influence on the behavior of the nucleons in nuclei and nuclear physics – especially nuclear structure and reactions – is thus a field of science in its own right, without much recourse to subnuclear degrees of freedom. This book collects essential material that was presented in the form of lectures notes in nuclear physics courses for graduate students at the University of Cologne. It follows the course's approach, conveying the subject matter by combining experimental facts and experimental methods and tools with basic theoretical knowledge. Emphasis is placed on the importance of spin and orbital angular momentum (leading e.g. to applications in energy research, such as fusion with polarized nuclei) and on the operational definition of observables in nuclear physics. The end-of-chapter problems serve above all to elucidate and detail physical ideas that could not be presented in full detail in the main text. Readers are assumed to have a working knowledge of quantum mechanics and a basic grasp of both non-relativistic and relativistic kinematics; the latter in particular is a prerequisite for interpreting nuclear reactions and the connections to particle and high-energy physics.

Author : R. M. Singru
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Nuclear physics
ISBN : UOM:39015003419200

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Introduction to Experimental Nuclear Physics by R. M. Singru Pdf

Author : G.R. Satchler
Publisher : Palgrave
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1990-02-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 033351484X

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Introduction to Nuclear Reactions by G.R. Satchler Pdf

The past decade has seen a remarkable growth in the extent and variety of experiments being done on nuclear reactions. The purpose of this book is to understand the results of the measurements gained in these experiments rather than to describe how they are made.

Author : Walid Younes,Walter D. Loveland
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030845926

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An Introduction to Nuclear Fission by Walid Younes,Walter D. Loveland Pdf

This hands-on textbook introduces physics and nuclear engineering students to the experimental and theoretical aspects of fission physics for research and applications through worked examples and problem sets. The study of nuclear fission is currently undergoing a renaissance. Recent advances in the field create the opportunity to develop more reliable models of fission predictability and to supply measurements and data to critical applications including nuclear energy, national security and counter-proliferation, and medical isotope production. An Introduction to Nuclear Fission provides foundational knowledge for the next generation of researchers to contribute to nuclear fission physics.

Author : Richard Clinton Fernow
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1989-03-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521379407

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Introduction to Experimental Particle Physics by Richard Clinton Fernow Pdf

This book brings together the most important topics in experimental particle physics over the past forty years to give a brief but balanced overview of the subject. The author begins by reviewing particle physics and discussing electromagnetic and nuclear interactions. He then goes on to discuss three nearly universal aspects of particle physics experiments: beams, targets, and fast electronics. The second part of the book treats in detail the properties of various types of particle detector, such as scintillation counters, Cerenkov counters, proportional chambers, drift chambers, sampling calorimeters, and specialized detectors. Wherever possible the author attempts to enumerate the advantages and disadvantages of performance. Finally, he discusses aspects of specific experiments, such as properties of triggers, types of measurement, spectrometers, and the integration of detectors into coherent systems. Throughout the book, each chapter begins with a discussion of the basic principles involved, followed by selective examples.

Author : Samuel Glasstone,Ralph Harvey Lovberg
Publisher : Krieger Publishing Company
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105030088087

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Controlled Thermonuclear Reactions by Samuel Glasstone,Ralph Harvey Lovberg Pdf

Author : Hans Paetz gen. Schieck
Publisher : IOP Publishing Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Science
ISBN : 0750311746

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Key Nuclear Reaction Experiments by Hans Paetz gen. Schieck Pdf

In this book the author charts the developments in nuclear physics since its inception around a century ago by reviewing the key experiments that helped drive and shape our understanding of the field, especially in the context of the wider developments in physics in the early 20th Century. In addition to providing a path through the field and the crucial events it looks at how these experiments not only answered key questions at the time but presented new challenges to the contemporary perception of the nuclear and sub-atomic worlds and how they helped develop our present understanding of nuclear physics.

Author : José-Enrique García-Ramos,María V. Andrés,José A. Lay Valera,Antonio M. Moro,Francisco Pérez-Bernal
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030222048

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Basic Concepts in Nuclear Physics: Theory, Experiments and Applications by José-Enrique García-Ramos,María V. Andrés,José A. Lay Valera,Antonio M. Moro,Francisco Pérez-Bernal Pdf

This book features material presented at the La Rábida 2018 International Scientific Meeting on Nuclear Physics, which was based on a well-known series of triennial international summer schools on Nuclear Physics organized from 1982 to 2003 by the Basic Nuclear Physics group at the University of Seville and latter, from 2009 to 2018, by the University of Seville and the University of Huelva. The meeting offered graduate students and young researchers a broad overview of the field of nuclear physics. The book includes contributions from invited speakers on topics such as a state-of-the-art nuclear shell model and selected aspects of mass spectroscopy. Other chapters present an introduction to shell model, a review of experimental nuclear reactions, a discussion of the theory of nuclear reactions and an overview of nuclear medicine. Further, the posters and seminars presented by students offer fresh perspectives on various problems current in nuclear physics.

Author : Kenneth S. Krane
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 869 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1991-01-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780471805533

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Introductory Nuclear Physics by Kenneth S. Krane Pdf

INTRODUCTORY NUCLEAR PHYSICS

Author : W. N. Cottingham,D. A. Greenwood
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2001-02-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521657334

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An Introduction to Nuclear Physics by W. N. Cottingham,D. A. Greenwood Pdf

A clear and concise introduction to nuclear physics suitable for a core undergraduate physics course.

Author : Peter Edward Hodgson,Ettore Gadioli,E. Gadioli Erba
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Nuclear physics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105021924597

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Introductory Nuclear Physics by Peter Edward Hodgson,Ettore Gadioli,E. Gadioli Erba Pdf

This book is a comprehensive balanced and up-to-date introduction to nuclear physics that describes the experiments made to study nuclear reactions and nuclear structure, and the theories and models that have been developed to understand the properties of nucleic and their interactions. After a historical introduction, there are chapters on nuclear accelerators and detectors, elementary particles, nuclear forces, nuclear reaction theory, nuclear models, nuclear and heavy ion reactions, nuclear astrophysics and nuclear reactors. While primarily aimed at undergraduates it will also serve as a reference for graduate students and professional nuclear physicists.

Author : M. Satake
Publisher : Discovery Publishing House
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8171412777

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An Introduction To Nuclear Chemistry by M. Satake Pdf

Contents: The Development of Nuclear Chemistry, Fundamental Particles and Nuclear Structure, Radioactivity and Nuclear Reactions, Properties of Nuclear Radiations, The Detection and Measurement of Nuclear Radiation, Nuclear Instrumentation, Radiation Chemistry, Isotope Measurement and Separation Methods, Changed Particle Accelerators, Neutron Sources, Production and the Actinides, Uses of Isotopes, Experimental Nuclear Chemistry.