Nuclear Physics

Аннотация

The main structure of the first edition has been retained, but we have taken the opportunity in this second edition to update the text and clarify an occasional obscurity. The text has in places been expanded, and also additional topics have been added. The growing interest of physics stu- dents in astrophysics has encouraged us to extend our discussions of the nuclear and neutrino physics of supernovae, and of solar neutrinos. There is a new chapter devoted to neutrino masses and neutrino oscillations. In other directions, a description of muon-catalysed fusion has been included, and a chapter on radiation physics introduces an important applied field.