Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics

• Main Author: D'Auria, Saverio (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,
• Subjects: Nuclear physics.; Gravitation.; Nuclear chemistry.; Particle and Nuclear Physics.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Nuclear Chemistry.

This textbook fills the gap between the very basic and the highly advanced volumes that are widely available on the subject. It offers a concise but comprehensive overview of a number of topics, like general relativity, fission and fusion, which are otherwise only available with much more detail in...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to radiation
• Introduction to special relativity
• Radioactive decays
• Passage of radiation through the matter
• Introduction to Particle Physics
• Introduction to Nuclear Physics
• Six Problems
• Bibliography.