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Until the publication of the first edition of Introduction to
Nuclear Reactions in 2004, an introductory reference on nuclear
reactions had been unavailable. Now, fully updated throughout, this
second edition continues to provide an authoritative overview of
nuclear reactions. It discusses the main formalisms, ranging from
basic laws to the final formulae used in academic research to
calculate measurable quantities. Well known in their fields, the
authors begin with a basic introduction to elements of scattering
theory followed by a study of its applications to specific nuclear
reactions. Early chapters give a framework of compound nucleus
formation and its decay, fusion, fission, and direct reactions,
that can be easily understood by the novice. These chapters also
serve as prototypes for applications of the underlying physical
ideas presented in previous chapters. The largest section of the
book comprises the physical models that have been developed to
account for the various aspects of nuclear reaction phenomena,
including reactions in stellar environments, cosmic rays, and
during the big bang. The final chapters survey applications of the
eikonal wavefunction and of nuclear transport equations to nuclear
reactions at high energies. By combining a thorough theoretical
approach with applications to recent experimental data,
Introduction to Nuclear Reactions helps you understand the results
of experimental measurements rather than describe how they are
made. A clear treatment of the topics and coherent organization
make this information understandable to students and professionals
with a solid foundation in physics as well as to those with a more
general science and technology background. Features: Analyses in
detail different models of the nucleus and discusses their
interrelations. Fully updated throughout, with new sections and
additional discussions on stellar evolution, big bang
nucleosynthesis, neutron stars and relativistic heavy ion
collisions. Discusses the latest developments in nuclear reaction
theory and experiments and explores both direct reaction theories
and heavy ion reactions, which are newly important to nuclear
physics in reactions with rare nuclear isotopes.
Until the publication of the first edition of Introduction to
Nuclear Reactions in 2004, an introductory reference on nuclear
reactions had been unavailable. Now, fully updated throughout, this
second edition continues to provide an authoritative overview of
nuclear reactions. It discusses the main formalisms, ranging from
basic laws to the final formulae used in academic research to
calculate measurable quantities. Well known in their fields, the
authors begin with a basic introduction to elements of scattering
theory followed by a study of its applications to specific nuclear
reactions. Early chapters give a framework of compound nucleus
formation and its decay, fusion, fission, and direct reactions,
that can be easily understood by the novice. These chapters also
serve as prototypes for applications of the underlying physical
ideas presented in previous chapters. The largest section of the
book comprises the physical models that have been developed to
account for the various aspects of nuclear reaction phenomena,
including reactions in stellar environments, cosmic rays, and
during the big bang. The final chapters survey applications of the
eikonal wavefunction and of nuclear transport equations to nuclear
reactions at high energies. By combining a thorough theoretical
approach with applications to recent experimental data,
Introduction to Nuclear Reactions helps you understand the results
of experimental measurements rather than describe how they are
made. A clear treatment of the topics and coherent organization
make this information understandable to students and professionals
with a solid foundation in physics as well as to those with a more
general science and technology background. Features: Analyses in
detail different models of the nucleus and discusses their
interrelations. Fully updated throughout, with new sections and
additional discussions on stellar evolution, big bang
nucleosynthesis, neutron stars and relativistic heavy ion
collisions. Discusses the latest developments in nuclear reaction
theory and experiments and explores both direct reaction theories
and heavy ion reactions, which are newly important to nuclear
physics in reactions with rare nuclear isotopes.
Neutron stars are gold mines for the study of nuclear systems under
extreme conditions of density and isospin asymmetry. Spanning many
orders of magnitude in density and pressure, neutron stars display
exotic phases that cannot be realised under normal laboratory
conditions. Whereas the most common perception of a neutron star is
that of a uniform system of neutrons packed to densities that may
exceed that of normal nuclei, the reality is far more complex and
much more interesting. To illustrate this more exciting reality,
the editors of this book contacted leaders in the field of
neutron-star physics with expertise ranging from nuclear structure
to stellar dynamics. They asked each expert to communicate the
successes of the past and the challenges of the future in a way
that will continue to foster dialogue and promote collaborations
between the astrophysics and the nuclear physics communities.
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