An introduction to nuclear physics /
W.N. Cottingham, D.A. Greenwood.
- 2nd ed.
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
- xv, 271 pages : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (page 245) and index.
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 fission -- 11. Nucleosynthesis in stars -- 12. Beta decay and gamma decay -- 13. Neutrinos -- 14. The passage of energetic particles through matter -- 15. Radiation and life.