Particles and Nuclei: an Introduction to the Physical Concepts, Third Edition

Povh, Bogdan; Rith, Klaus; Scholz, Christoph; Zetsche, Frank

ISBN 10: 3540438238 / ISBN 13: 9783540438236

Editore: Springer, 2002

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Titolo: Particles and Nuclei: an Introduction to the...

Casa editrice: Springer

Data di pubblicazione: 2002

Legatura: Paperback

Condizione: Fine

Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket

Edizione: 3rd Edition.

Tipologia articolo: Book

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This introductory textbook gives a uniform presentation of nuclear and particle physics. The first part, "analysis" is devoted to disentangling the substructure of matter, showing that experiments designed to uncover the substructures of nuclei and nucleons have a similar conceptual basis. They lead to the present picture of all matter being built out of a small number of elementary building blocks and a small number of fundamental interactions. The second part, "synthesis", shows how the elementary particles may be combined to build hadrons and nuclei. The fundamental interactions responsible for the forces in all systems become less and less evident in increasingly complex systems. Such systems are in fact dominated by many-body phenomena. In the third edition an added section on neutrino oscillations and one on nuclear matter at high temperatures bridges the fields of modern astrophysics and cosmology. This concise text is well suited for advanced and undergraduate courses.

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This well-known introductory textbook gives a uniform presentation of nuclear and particle physics from an experimental point of view.
The first part, Analysis, is devoted to disentangling the substructure of matter. This part shows that experiments designed to uncover the substructures of nuclei and nucleons have a similar conceptual basis, and lead to the present picture of all matter being constructed from a small number of elementary building blocks and a small number of fundamental interactions.
The second part, Synthesis, shows how the elementary particles may be combined to build hadrons and nuclei. The fundamental interactions, which are responsible for the forces in all systems, become less and less evident in increasingly complex systems. Such systems are in fact dominated by many-body phenomena.
In the third English edition a new section on neutrino oscillations and one on nuclear matter at high temperatures bridges the fields of 'nuclear and particle physics' and 'modern astrophysics and cosmology'.
The concise text is based on lectures held at the University of Heidelberg and is well suited for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses. It includes numerous exercises with worked answers.