Nuclear Physics for Applications

Preface XI

1 Aspects of Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics 1

2 Nuclear Reactions 71

3 Thermonuclear Reactions 143

4 Nuclear Physics Experiments 217

5 Nuclear Burning Stages and Processes 371

Appendix

A Solutions of the Schrödinger Equation in Three Dimensions 567

A.1 Zero Orbital Angular Momentum and Constant Potential 569

A.2 Arbitrary Orbital Angular Momentum and Zero Potential 569

A.3 Arbitrary Orbital Angular Momentum and Coulomb Potential 570

B Quantum Mechanical Selection Rules 573

C Kinematics 581

C.1 Relationship of Kinematic Quantities in the Laboratory Coordinate
System 581

C.2 Transformation between Laboratory and Center- Of-Mass
Coordinate System 585

D Angular Correlations 591

D.1 General Aspects 592

D.2 Pure Radiations in a Two-Step Process 596

D.3 Mixed Radiations in a Two-Step Process 598

D.4 Three-Step Process with Unobserved Intermediate Radiation 603

D.5 Experimental Considerations 605

D.6 Concluding Remarks 607
I. Introduction
II. Nuclear Masses and Energetics Of Radioactive Decay and Nuclear Reactions
III. Phenomenology of Radioactive Decay and Nuclear Reactions
IV. Nuclear Binding Energies: Empirical Data and the Forces in Nuclei
V. The Semiempirical Mass Formula and Applications to Radioactive Decay
VI. Elements of Quantum Mechanics
VII. Nuclear Structure: The Spherical Shell Model
VIII. Nuclear Shapes, Deformed Nuclei and Collective Effects
IX. Alpha Decay and Barrier Penetration
X. Beta Decay
XI. Gamma Decay and Internal Conversion
XII. Nuclear Fission
XIII. Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions
XIV. The Interaction of Ionizing Radiation with Matter
Appendix 1. Atomic masses
Appendix 2. Nuclide Table
Appendix 3. Physical Constants
Appendix 4. First-Order Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory - The Fermi Golden Rule #2
Subject Index and Name Index

Stanley Prussin is a renowned teacher and researcher of nuclear physics at Berkeley, one of the world's most prestigious institutions. After obtaining his first degree at MIT, research assignments led him to Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and to the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Chemistry in Germany. His experience led him to the development of the proposed concept to meet the needs of minors needing a working knowledge of nuclear physics.