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Table of Contents
1 Cover
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
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
Guide
1 Cover
5 Preface
8 Appendix 1 Quantified Energy of the Three-Dimensional Quantum Harmonic Oscillator
9 Appendix 2 Atomic Masses of Several Nuclides
10 References
11 Index
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. ...