Key nuclear reaction experiments :discoveries and consequences /

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"Version: 20151001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- About the author -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Rutherford and evidence for the nuclear atom -- 1.2. The first true nuclear reaction -- 1.3. The role of accelerators -- 1.4. Detection methods -- 1.5. The neutron and the correct composition of nuclei -- 1.6. Nuclear spectroscopy -- 1.7. Higher energies -- 1.8. General references and resources2. Rutherford scattering and the atomic nucleus -- 2.1. Rutherford scattering cross section -- 3. The first true nuclear reaction and the discovery of the proton4 Extended matter and charge distributions of nuclei -- 4.1. Hadron scattering experiments -- 4.2. Elastic electron scattering--Hofstadter's experiments -- 4.3. Key experiments with complementary methods -- 5. Halo nuclei and farewell to simple radius systematics6. The particle zoo -- 6.1. The pion -- 6.2. The first production of the antiproton in a nuclear reaction -- 6.3. Discovery of the (electron) neutrino -- 6.4. Quasi-elastic electron scattering--excited nucleons and the particle zoo -- 6.5. Deep-inelastic lepton scattering--partons inside hadrons7. Discovery of the neutron (nuclear kinematics, etc) -- 7.1. Chadwick's discovery -- 7.2. The structure of nuclei and the role of neutrons8. The first precise determination of the neutron mass and the binding energy of the deuteron -- 8.1. The photonuclear disintegration of the deuteron -- 8.2. Neutron-proton capture9. The first nuclear reaction with an accelerated beam and the Cockroft-Walton accelerator -- 10. Observation of direct interactions -- 10.1. Elastic scattering and the optical model -- 10.2. Direct (rearrangement) reactions -- 10.3. Stripping reactions -- 10.4. The Born approximation11. Resonances and compound reactions -- 11.1. Generalities -- 11.2. Theoretical shape of the cross sections -- 11.3. Derivation of the partial-width amplitude for nuclei (s-waves only) -- 11.4. The first evidence of resonant nuclear reactions -- 11.5. Neutron resonances -- 11.6. Charged-particle resonances -- 11.7. The compound-nucleus model12. Nuclear reactions and tests of conservation laws -- 12.1. The first tests of parity violation in hadronic reactions -- 12.2. First time-reversal tests -- 12.3. The NN interaction and isospin13. Scattering of identical nuclei, exchange symmetry and molecular resonances -- 13.1. The first observation of interference in the scattering of identical nuclei -- 13.2. Studies of heavy-ion reactions and intermediate structure -- 14. Nuclear fission and nuclear energy15. The first double scattering and polarization in p-4He and the (l [dot] s) force -- 16. The first nuclear reaction of an accelerated polarized beam from a polarized ion source (Basel) -- 17. The discovery of giant resonances.In this book the author charts the developments in nuclear physics since its inception around a century ago by reviewing the key experiments that helped drive and shape our understanding of the field, especially in the context of the wider developments in physics in the early 20th century. In addition to providing a path through the field and the crucial events it looks at how these experiments not only answered key questions at the time but presented new challenges to the contemporary perception of the nuclear and sub-atomic worlds and how they helped develop our present understanding of nuclear physics.Researchers and postgraduate students in nuclear physics.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.Dr. Hans Paetz gen. Schieck is an emeritus professor of physics at Cologne University, a member and fellow of the American Physical Society and a member of the German Physical Society DPG. He is the author of several books on nuclear physics and of many articles in refereed journals.Title from PDF title page (viewed on November 1, 2015).

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