Models of the Atomic Nucleus: With Interactive Software - Hardcover

Cook, Norman D.

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ISBN 10: 3540285695 ISBN 13: 9783540285694

Verlag: Springer, 2005

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Models of the Atomic Nucleus is a largely non-technical introduction to - clear theory – an attempt to explain one of the most important objects in natural science in a way that makes nuclear physics as comprehensible as chemistryorcellbiology. Unlikemostotherscienti?c?elds,thepopularization of nuclear physics has not generally been successful because many fundam- tal issues remain controversial and, even after more than 70 years of study, a “uni?ed theory” of nuclear structure has not yet been established. N- ertheless, despite some widely-acknowledged un?nished business, the theme developed in this book is that each of the many models in use in nuclear t- ory provides a partial perspective on the nucleus that can be integrated into a coherent whole within the framework of a lattice of nucleons. The proposed uni?cation itself is not uncontroversial, but, at the very least, the lattice r- resentationofnuclearstructureillustrateshowacomplexphysicalobjectsuch as the nucleus can be understood as simultaneously exhibiting the properties of a gas, a liquid, a molecular cluster and a solid. The book is divided into three parts. Part I (Chaps. 1–4) introduces the main topics that must be addressed in any discussion of nuclear physics. My intention has been to present a brief, but even-handed summary of the basic modelsthathavebeendevisedtoexplainnuclearphenomenaandtoreviewthe theoretical ideas that have occupied the minds of theorists for many decades. These chapters are historical and are intended to convey what the major insights and conceptual challenges of nuclear physics have been thus far.

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Models of the Atomic Nucleus is a largely non-technical introduction to nuclear theory – an attempt to explain the nucleus in a way that makes nuclear physics as comprehensible as chemistry or cell biology. Unlike many other scientific fields, the "popularization" of nuclear physics has not previously been successful because many fundamental issues remain controversial and a unified theory of nuclear structure has not yet been established. The theme developed in this book is that the many models of nuclear theory each provide a partial perspective on the nucleus and that the many models can in fact be integrated into a coherent whole and expressed in terms of a lattice of nucleons.

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• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3540285695
• ISBN 13: 9783540285694
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 299
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