"Version: 20150501"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Author biography -- The discovery of the atomic nucleus -- The nuclear radius -- Nuclear masses -- Radioactive decay -- Nuclear stability -- The nuclear shell model -- Elementary particles -- Relativistic kinematics -- Accelerators and detectors -- The quark model -- Conservation laws -- Hadronic interactions -…
"Version: 20151001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- About the author -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Rutherford and evidence for the nuclear atom -- 1.2. The first true nuclear reaction -- 1.3. The role of accelerators -- 1.4. Detection methods -- 1.5. The neutron and the correct composition of nuclei -- 1.6. Nuclear spectroscopy -- 1.7. Higher energies -- 1.8. Gener…