Introduction to Nuclear Reactions

The second edition of Introduction to Nuclear Reactions is an authoritative overview of nuclear reactions, covering main formalisms, compound nucleus formation, decay, fusion, fission, and direct reactions. It includes physical models for stellar environments, cosmic rays, and the big bang, and surveys applications of the eikonal wavefunction and nuclear transport equations to high-energy nuclear reactions. The book is designed to help students and professionals understand experimental measurements and their theoretical basis.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 410 pages
Publication date: 26 September 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

An introductory reference on nuclear reactions had been unavailable until the publication of the first edition of Introduction to Nuclear Reactions in 2004. This second edition, now fully updated, 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 provide 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 their interactions.

Discusses the main formalisms used in nuclear reactions, including scattering theory, compound nucleus formation, decay, fusion, fission, and direct reactions.

Provides a framework for understanding the physical ideas behind nuclear reaction phenomena, including reactions in stellar environments, cosmic rays, and during the big bang.

Covers the physical models developed to account for these phenomena, including stellar nucleosynthesis, cosmic ray interactions, and nuclear reactions during the big bang.

Explains the eikonal wavefunction and nuclear transport equations used to study nuclear reactions at high energies.

Includes applications of these models to recent experimental data, helping you understand the results of experimental measurements rather than describe how they are made.

Is written in a clear and coherent manner, making it understandable to students and professionals with a solid foundation in physics as well as those with a more general science and technology background.

Weight: 772g
Dimension: 176 x 252 x 29 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367349936
Edition number: 2 ed