This
note covers the following topics: Nuclear
sizes and isotope shifts, The Semi Empirical Mass Formula, Coulomb term, Volume
and Surface term, Asymmetry term, Pairing term, alpha decay, beta decay, Valley of
stability, Fermi theory of beta decay, Selection Rules in beta decay, Electron
capture, Inverse beta decay, gama decay, Mossbauer effect, Bethe-Bloch formula,
Cherenkov radiation, Bremsstrahlung, Synchrotron radiation, Photons in matter,
Photomultiplier, Avalanche Photo Diode, Scintillators, Gas-filled counters,
Experimental set-ups, Response of a Ge-Li detector and Radiation units.
This note will cover a range
of topics pertinent to nuclear engineering, including particle physics, neutron
theory, nuclear reactor design, medical applications, societal impacts of
nuclear power. Major topics covered includes: Special Relativity,
Schroedinger's Wave Equation, Nuclear Models, Nuclear Decay Kinetics, Binary
Nuclear Reactions, Fission and Fusion, Radiation, Nuclear Reactor Theory: Six
Factor Formula, Reactor Design, Reactor Kinetics, Neutron Transport, Light Water
Reactors, The Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Radiation Detection and Measurement, Nuclear
Materials, Radiation Doses, Nuclear Reactor Safety and Nuclear Accidents.
The
Nuclear Physics and Reactor Theory Handbook was developed to assist nuclear
facility operating contractors in providing operators, maintenance personnel,
and the technical staff with the necessary. Topics covered includes: Atomic
Nature Of Matter, Chart Of The Nuclides, Mass Defect And Binding Energy, Modes
Of Radioactive Decay, Radioactivity, Neutron Interactions, Energy Release From
Fission, Interaction Of Radiation With Matter.
The purpose of
this guide is to describe in complete detail a FORTRAN code named Program SCAT 4
written by the UCLA group in order to analyze elastic scattering of various
particle. Topics covered includes: Mathematical Description, Program
Description, Description of Input Data, Symbolic Listing of the Program.
Author(s): Michel
A. Melkanoff, David S. Saxon, John S. Nodvik and David G. Cantor
This book covers
the following topics: Nuclear masses, Rms charge radii, Charge densities and
form factors, Overview of nuclear decays, The Fermi gas model, Overview of the
nuclear shell model, The one body potential, Woods-Saxon potential, Many Body
Wavefunctions, Two-Body Hamiltonian, Configuration mixing, One body transition
operators and the OBTD, Electromagnetic transitions and allowed beta decay.
This
book gives an elementary but coherent account of that branch of physics involved
in the study and design of nuclear reactors at a standard presentation judged to
be suitable for advanced undergraduate students.
This note covers the
following topics: strong force, electromagnetic force, weak force, gravitational
force, elementary particle, antiparticle and Conservation Laws.
Author(s): The
University of Tennessee, Department of Physics and Astronomy