"Version: 20191101"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Neutrinos in the Standard Model -- 2.1. Beta decays, Pauli and missing energy -- 2.2. The Standard Model and electroweak physics -- 2.3. A first look at neutrino masses -- 2.4. A flavour of symmetry3. Neutrino oscillat…
"Version: 20240501"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. General properties of the nucleus -- 2. Radioactivity -- 3. Nuclear models -- 4. Nuclear reaction -- 5. Nuclear fission and fusion -- 6. Deuteron problem -- 7. Scattering -- 8. Nature of nuclear force.Full-text restricted to subscribers or individual document purchasers.The topics of nuclear physics, particle physics a…
"Version: 20241101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction to particle physics -- 2. Particle accelerators -- 3. Particle detectors -- 4. Units of particle physics -- 5. A brief introduction to the Standard Model -- 6. Study of interactions through Feynman diagram -- 7. Classification of particles and interactions of nature -- 8. Conservation laws and symmetry -- …
"Version: 20251101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Nuclear theory / James Benstead, David Jenkins, Jagjit Singh and William Gelletly -- 2. Nuclear data for fusion power / Greg Bailey, Mark Gilbert, Lee Packer and Alex Valentine -- 3. Fission reactors and decay heat / Alejandro Algora, William Gelletly, Giuseppe Lorusso and Andrew Petts -- 4. Fission reactor monitoring …
"Version: 20231101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. How well defined are rotations in nuclei? -- 1.1. Even-even nuclei : energies and electric quadrupole, E2 properties -- 1.2. Quantum numbers and the Wigner-Eckart theorem for nuclear rotation -- 1.3. Odd nuclei : energies and E2 properties -- 1.4. A wider look at rotation in nuclei : energies and moments of inertia -- …
"Version: 20241001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Where are the shell model states found in nuclei? -- 1.1. Basic features of the model -- 1.2. What constitutes a shell model state? -- 1.3. Nuclei in doubly closed-shell regions -- 1.4. Exercises -- 1.5. Video-based tutorials2. How widely are shell model states seen in nuclei? -- 2.1. A case study view : the In (Z = 49…
"Version: 20190101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Non-relativistic energy density functionals -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Energy density functional kernels -- 1.3. Pairing and Coulomb functionals2. Covariant energy density functionals -- 2.1. Relativistic description of quantum systems -- 2.2. Symmetry properties of QCD -- 2.3. Effective Lagrangians for nuclear syste…
"Version: 20201101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Theory and context. 1. Nuclear structure and radioactive decay -- 1.1. Introduction to basic atomic and nuclear structure -- 1.2. Radioactive decay -- 1.3. Alpha decay -- 1.4. Beta decay -- 1.5. Fission -- 1.6. Excited states -- 1.7. Transitions between nuclear excited states : electromagnetic decay modes2. Intera…
"Version: 20180701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references (pages 24-26).Introduction -- The Standard Model and quantum chromodynamics -- Hadrons and the quark model -- Different types of hadrons -- Background -- Understanding hadrons through their quantum numbers -- Discovery of the J/[psi] meson -- Resonances, Breit-Wigner lineshape and phase changes -- Controversy over claimed…
"Version: 20171001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references (pages 19-20)1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 3. Current directions -- 4. Outlook.Following the discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012, particle physics has entered its most exciting and crucial period for over 50 years. In this book, I first summarise our current understanding of particle physics, and why this knowledge…