Prussin S.G. Nuclear Physics for Applications. A Model Approach

Wiley, Weinheim, 2007, 632 pages, ISBN: 3527407006Written by a researcher and teacher with experience at top institutes in the US and Europe, this textbook provides advanced undergraduates minoring in physics with working knowledge of the principles of nuclear physics. Simplifying models and approaches reveal the essence of the principles involved, with the mathematical and quantum mechanical background integrated in the text where it is needed and not relegated to the appendices. The practicality of the book is enhanced by numerous end-of-chapter problems and solutions available on the Wiley homepage.Nuclear Masses and Energetics of Radioactive Decay and Nuclear Reactions
Phenomenology of Radioactive Decay and Nuclear Reactions
Nuclear Binding Energies: Empirical Data and the Forces in Nuclei
The Semi-Empirical Mass Formula and Applications to Radioactive Decay
Elements of Quantum Mechanics
Nuclear Structure: The Spherical Shell Model
Nuclear Shapes, Deformed Nuclei and Collective Effects
Alpha Decay and Barrier Penetration
Beta Decay
Gamma Decay and Internal Conversion
Nuclear Fission
Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions
The Interaction of Ionizing Radiation with Matter
Appendix 1: Atomic Masses
Appendix 2: Nuclide Table