"Version: 20231101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. How well defined are rotations in nuclei? -- 1.1. Even-even nuclei : energies and electric quadrupole, E2 properties -- 1.2. Quantum numbers and the Wigner-Eckart theorem for nuclear rotation -- 1.3. Odd nuclei : energies and E2 properties -- 1.4. A wider look at rotation in nuclei : energies and moments of inertia -- …
"Version: 20241001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Where are the shell model states found in nuclei? -- 1.1. Basic features of the model -- 1.2. What constitutes a shell model state? -- 1.3. Nuclei in doubly closed-shell regions -- 1.4. Exercises -- 1.5. Video-based tutorials2. How widely are shell model states seen in nuclei? -- 2.1. A case study view : the In (Z = 49…
"Version: 20200401"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Representation of rotations, angular momentum and spin -- 1.1. Rotations in (3, R) -- 1.2. Matrix representations of spin and angular momentum operators -- 1.3. The Pauli spin matrices -- 1.4. Matrix representations of rotations in ket space -- 1.5. Tensor representations for SU(2) -- 1.6. Tensor representations for SO…
"Version: 20191201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. A theory of polarized photons -- 1.1. Polarized lightwaves -- 1.2. Polarized photons -- 1.3. Uncertainty in experiments -- 1.4. Dirac bracket notation -- 1.5. Transformation properties of polarizing filter measurements -- 1.6. Multiples of kets -- 1.7. Exercises2. A theory of the Stern-Gerlach experiment for spin-1-2 p…
"Version: 202108"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Gross properties of nuclei -- 1.1. Exercises2. Nuclear excitation patterns -- 2.1. Basic features of excited states in even-even nuclei -- 2.2. A basic symmetry of nuclei : isospin -- 2.3. Nuclear data compilations and evaluations -- 2.4. Exercises3. Nuclear deformation and rotations -- 3.1. The rotor model for nuclei : …