{"title":"Nuclear physics Books","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"elusive-9780141997582","title":"Elusive","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story of the Higgs boson - the so-called ''God particle'' - and the man who thought of it\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the summer of 1964, a reclusive young professor at the University of Edinburgh wrote two scientific papers which have come to change our understanding of the most fundamental building blocks of matter and the nature of the universe. Peter Higgs posited the existence an almost infinitely tiny particle - today known as the Higgs boson - which is the key to understanding why particles have mass, and but for which atoms and molecules could not exist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor nearly 50 years afterwards, some of the largest projects in experimental physics sought to demonstrate the physical existence of the boson which Higgs had proposed. 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Without the Higgs there would be no atoms or people or planets or stars or anything except restless particles zipping through space in splendid isolation. \u003cb\u003eClose, a particle physicist who has served as head of communications and public education at \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eCern, is an excellent guide to the knotty science of that story, as well as what we do know about the mysterious man himself.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Ananyo Bhattacharya * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ea clear, vivid and occasionally even beautiful portrait of a scientific breakthrough: the tale of how a relatively obscure Scotland-based physicist developed a stunning theory, one that would help illuminate the invisible, particulate web that holds our universe together\u003c\/b\u003e -- Deborah Blum * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ea five star book - it reaches parts other books on the Higgs have failed to reach and Frank Close does a brilliant job\u003c\/b\u003e -- Brian Clegg * Popular Science *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fascinating biography of an elusive particle and the equally elusive man who predicted its existence half a century before it was found. If the Higgs boson is the God particle then I feel I have glimpsed the mind of its creator.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Jim Al-Khalili\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eClose tells the intertwined stories of Higgs's life and the discovery of the Higgs boson with the aid of a deep understanding of the physics involved and the benefit of many meetings with Higgs himself. There have been other books on the same theme, but this is far and away the best. \u003c\/b\u003eWhere Close excels is in explaining the fundamental principles of particle physics in language anyone likely to pick up this book will understand. ... \u003ci\u003eElusive\u003c\/i\u003e works as a biography of Peter Higgs, as an account of one of the greatest intellectual advances in human history and, best of all, as an answer to anyone who asks why we should bother to carry out experiments like those performed at CERN. Buy it. -- John Gribbin * Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003eClose is among today's best writers on the history of quantum mechanics -- Economist\u003cbr\u003eParticular brilliance ... This accessible account tells the story of the quest, and of the man who made it possible * BBC History Magazine *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ereveals the sheer complexity, detail and dazzling precision that, for the scientist, constitutes 'beauty in nature'. Close maintains a strong narrative line - we are watching and waiting throughout for the Higgs boson to be identified.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Sue Roe * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA perfect marriage of subject and writer. With verve, insight, and rigor, Frank Close beautifully illuminates the life and times of one of physics' great, unheralded giants. \u003ci\u003eElusive \u003c\/i\u003eis a triumph of a book, and one worthy of its subject's extraordinary contributions.\u003c\/b\u003e -- bestselling author of The Founders * Jimmy Soni *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElusive \u003c\/i\u003eis both a deep, exciting intellectual history and an elegantly told portrait of a quiet man whose 'one great idea' changed modern physics forever. Close marries the exotic details of contemporary particle physics theory with the very human aspects of how that theory came to be. An enlightening read from one of our very best writers and practitioners of physics.\u003c\/b\u003e -- author of The Last Man Who Knew Everything * David N. Schwartz *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRich, compelling, and surprising. Fundamental physics can be equal parts awe-inspiring and head-spinning, and Close masterfully captures those qualities in this deeply satisfying tale of Peter Higgs's convoluted, and very human, journey through life and science.\u003c\/b\u003e -- author of The Ascent of Information * Caleb Scharf *\u003cbr\u003ebeautifully, engagingly written ... I was reassured by the characteristic wisdom and honesty of Close's judgement that, while the discovery of the Higgs particle completes the Standard Model of the atom, \"Internal completeness is a mathematical requirement, whereas describing the world around us is the demand of natural philosophy\". That sentence alone makes \u003ci\u003eElusive \u003c\/i\u003emy book of the year. -- Raymond Tallis * Times Literary Supplement Books of the Year *\u003cbr\u003eFrank Close is probably the perfect person to tell the tale of Higgs and his boson. 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Besides explaining the physics and exploring the many personalities involved, it also conveys the excitement of physics research, the missed opportunities, the happy coincidences, the false trails, the social networks, the collaborations and professional rivalries. 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Author's Reflections\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400571986263,"sku":"9780253029669","price":52.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253029669.jpg?v=1730471011"},{"product_id":"volatile-state-9780253031181","title":"Volatile State","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"David Oualaalou, a geopolitical analyst, writer, speaker, teacher, military veteran, Middle East specialist and linguist with unique first-hand experiences and knowledge gained from personal field intelligence in Middle East wars—combined with his fresh and unique writing style—has produced a challenging perspective and a thought-provoking book. David's unembellished bold critiques, with credible analytical interpretation of geopolitical implications and national security challenges, for not only the USA but for the Iran, Saudi Arabia, Russia, China and others in the new Middle East region (and world), will be much discussed in this impressive approach to eye-opening questions with credible rival answers. I believe this book is crucial reading for any person interested in the future nuclear Middle East.\"—William A. Mitchell, author of \u003ci\u003eBaylor in Northern Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Once again Dr. Oualaalou has brought to life a complex current topic.His balanced and in-depth investigation of the topic allows the reader to not only learn the history of the parties involved, but also to follow the historic threads that have led to today's geopolitical situation. 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Author's Reflections\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400573493591,"sku":"9780253031181","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253031181.jpg?v=1730471014"},{"product_id":"practical-nuclear-magnetic-resonance-relaxation-for-chemists-9780470094464","title":"Practical Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Relaxation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book demonstrates how NMR relaxation can be applied for structural diagnostics of chemical compounds, recognition of weak intermolecular interactions, determinations of internuclear distances and lengths of chemical bonds when compounds under investigation can exist only in solutions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"…appropriate for use in an advanced undergraduate or graduate level course on this topic...an excellent starting point for an investigator who would like to begin using relaxation-based NMR experiments.\" (\u003ci\u003eJournal of Natural Products\u003c\/i\u003e, January 2006)  \u003cp\u003e\"…should be very useful to students and to researchers who use NMR.\" (\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e, September 2005)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. How and Why Nuclei Relax.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1. Nucleus in the magnetic field.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2. Spin-lattice and spin-spin nuclear relaxation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2.1. Macroscopic magnetization: relaxation times T1 and T2.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3. Molecular motions as reason of nuclear relaxation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3.1. Correlation times and activation energies of Molecular Motions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3.2. Isotropic and anisotropic molecular motions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4. Bibliography for Chapter 1.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. How to Measure the NMR Relaxation Times.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1. Exponential and non-exponential nuclear relaxation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2. Measurements of spin-lattice relaxation times.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3. Measurements of selective and bi-selective T1 times.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4. Determinations of T1( and T2 times.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5. Preparation of samples for relaxation experiments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6. Bibliography to Chapter 2.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Errors in Determinations of Relaxation Times.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1. Instrumental errors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2. Incorrect parameters for T1, T2 measurements and T1, T2 calculations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Coupled nuclear relaxation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4. Chemical exchanges.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5. Bibliography to Chapter 3.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. NMR Relaxation by Dipole-Dipole and Quadrupole Interactions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1. The intramolecular dipole-dipole relaxation: homo- and hetero-nuclear dipolar coupling and the spectral density function.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2. Haw to reveal the presence of the dipolar mechanisms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.1. NOE as a test for dipole-dipole nuclear relaxation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.2. Evaluations of the dipolar contributions from selective and non-selective T1 times.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3. Intermolecular dipole-dipole interactions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4. Electric field gradients at quadrupolar nuclei.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5. Nuclear quadrupole coupling constant as a measure of the electric field gradient.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6. Quadrupole relaxation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7. Bibliography to Chapter 4.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Relaxation by Chemical Shift Anisotropy, Spin-Rotation Relaxation, Scalar Relaxation of the Second Kind and Cross-Mechanisms.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1. Relaxation by chemical shift anisotropy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2. Spin-rotation relaxation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3. Interference mechanisms of nuclear relaxation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4. The scalar relaxation of the second kind.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Bibliography to Chapter 5.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Nuclear Relaxation in Molecular Systems with Anisotropic Motions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1. Spin-lattice nuclear relaxation in ellipsoid molecules: Temperature dependences of T1times.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2. How to reveal anisotropic molecular motions in solutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3. Nuclear relaxation in the presence of correlation time distributions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4. Bibliography to Chapter 6.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. \u003csup\u003e1\u003c\/sup\u003eH T\u003csub\u003e1\u003c\/sub\u003e Relaxation Diagnostics in Solutions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1. Revealing weak intermolecular interactions by T1 time measurements in solutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2. T1 studies of exchanges in simple molecular systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3. Structural 1H T1 criterion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4. Partially-relaxed NMR spectra.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5. Bibliography to Chapter 7.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. Internuclear Distances from the \u003csup\u003e1\u003c\/sup\u003eH T\u003csub\u003e1\u003c\/sub\u003e Relaxation Measurements in Solutions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1. X...H distances: metal - hydride bond lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1.1. How to determine metal-hydride bond lengths by standard 1H T1 measurements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1.2. Metal-hydride bond lengths by 1H T1sel and 1H T1min times measurements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2. Proton-proton distances by standard T1 measurements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3. H-H distances from T1sel \/ T1bis measurements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4. H-H distances in intermediates.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5. Analyzing the errors in 1H T1 determinations of internuclear distances.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.6. Bibliography to Chapter 8.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9. Deuterium Quadrupole Coupling Constants from \u003csup\u003e2\u003c\/sup\u003eH T\u003csub\u003e1\u003c\/sub\u003e Relaxation Measurements in Solutions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1. How to determine DQCC values.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2. DQCC values from the 2H T1 times measurements in solutions (fast motional regime).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3. DQCC values via 2H T1min measurements in solutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4. Errors in DQCC determinations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. 5. Bibliography to Chapter 9.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10. Spin-Lattice \u003csup\u003e1\u003c\/sup\u003eH and \u003csup\u003e2\u003c\/sup\u003eH Relaxation in Mobile Groups.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1. 1H T1 times and H-H distances in the presence of fast vibrations and librations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2. 1H T1 times and H-H distances in the presence of fast rotational diffusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3. The spectral density function for high-amplitude librations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4. 900-jumps in four-fold potential.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. 5. Deuterium spin-lattice NMR relaxation in mobile molecular fragments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.6. Bibliography to Chapter 10.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11. Relaxation of Nuclei Other Than \u003csup\u003e1\u003c\/sup\u003eH and \u003csup\u003e2\u003c\/sup\u003eH) and Specific Relaxation Experiments.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1. Chemical shift anisotropies and nuclear quadrupole coupling constants from T1 times of heavy nuclei in solutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2. Multinuclear relaxation approaches to complexation, association and H-bonding.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3. Na relaxation in solutions of complex molecular systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. 4. Character of molecular motions from 17O and 2H T1 relaxation in solutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5. 2D T1 and T1( NMR experiments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.6. Chemical exchanges in complex molecular systems from 15N nuclear relaxation in solutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.7. R1\/R2 method.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.8. Cross-correlation relaxation rates and structure of complex molecular systems in solutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.9. Variable - field relaxation experiments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.10. Bibliography to Chapter 11.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12. Paramagnetic NMR Relaxation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1. Theoretical basics of the paramagnetic relaxation enhancement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2. Paramagnetic relaxation rate enhancements in the presence of chemical exchanges.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3. Structural applications of paramagnetic relaxation rate enhancements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4. Kinetics of ligand exchanges via paramagnetic relaxation rate enhancements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.5. Longitudinal electron relaxation time in paramagnetic centers from variable-high field NMR experiments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding Remarks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402284998999,"sku":"9780470094464","price":70.16,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470094464.jpg?v=1730479945"},{"product_id":"practical-nmr-relaxation-for-chemists-9780470094457","title":"Practical NMR Relaxation for Chemists","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book demonstrates how NMR relaxation can be applied for structural diagnostics of chemical compounds, recognition of weak intermolecular interactions, determinations of internuclear distances and lengths of chemical bonds when compounds under investigation can exist only in solutions.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten as a textbook for chemists, demanding little background in physics and NMR\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIts practical approach helps the reader to apply the techniques in the lab\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFirst book to teach NMR Relaxation techniques to chemists\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"…appropriate for use in an advanced undergraduate or graduate level course on this topic...an excellent starting point for an investigator who would like to begin using relaxation-based NMR experiments.\" (\u003ci\u003eJournal of Natural Products\u003c\/i\u003e, January 2006)  \u003cp\u003e\"Bakhmutov's book gives a relatively low-level introduction to relation measurements and their uses in describing dynamical processes…\" (\u003ci\u003eJournal of the American Chemical Society\u003c\/i\u003e, May 25, 2005)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1. How and why nuclei relax.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1. Nucleus in the magnetic field.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2. Spin-lattice and spin-spin nuclear relaxation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2.1. Macroscopic magnetization: relaxation times T1 and T2.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3. Molecular motions as reason of nuclear relaxation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3.1. Correlation times and activation energies of Molecular Motions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3.2. Isotropic and anisotropic molecular motions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4. Bibliography for Chapter 1.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2. How to measure the NMR relaxation times.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1. Exponential and non-exponential nuclear relaxation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2. Measurements of spin-lattice relaxation times.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3. Measurements of selective and bi-selective T1 times.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4. Determinations of T1( and T2 times.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5. Preparation of samples for relaxation experiments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6. Bibliography to Chapter 2.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3. Errors in Determinations of Relaxation Times.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1. Instrumental errors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2. Incorrect parameters for T1, T2 measurements and T1, T2 calculations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Coupled nuclear relaxation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4. Chemical exchanges.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5. Bibliography to Chapter 3.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4. NMR relaxation by dipole-dipole and quadrupole interactions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1. The intramolecular dipole-dipole relaxation: homo- and hetero-nuclear dipolar coupling and the spectral density function.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2. Haw to reveal the presence of the dipolar mechanisms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.1. NOE as a test for dipole-dipole nuclear relaxation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.2. Evaluations of the dipolar contributions from selective and non-selective T1 times.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3. Intermolecular dipole-dipole interactions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4. Electric field gradients at quadrupolar nuclei.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5. Nuclear quadrupole coupling constant as a measure of the electric field gradient.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6. Quadrupole relaxation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7. Bibliography to Chapter 4.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5. Relaxation by chemical shift anisotropy, spin-rotation relaxation, scalar relaxation of the second kind and cross-mechanisms.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1. Relaxation by chemical shift anisotropy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2. Spin-rotation relaxation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3. Interference mechanisms of nuclear relaxation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4. The scalar relaxation of the second kind.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Bibliography to Chapter 5.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6. Nuclear relaxation in molecular systems with anisotropic motions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1. Spin-lattice nuclear relaxation in ellipsoid molecules: Temperature dependences of T1times.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2. How to reveal anisotropic molecular motions in solutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3. Nuclear relaxation in the presence of correlation time distributions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4. Bibliography to Chapter 6.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7. 1H T1 relaxation diagnostics in solutions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1. Revealing weak intermolecular interactions by T1 time measurements in solutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2. T1 studies of exchanges in simple molecular systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3. Structural 1H T1 criterion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4. Partially-relaxed NMR spectra.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5. Bibliography to Chapter 7.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8. Internuclear distances from the 1H T1 relaxation measurements in solutions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1. X...H distances: metal - hydride bond lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1.1. How to determine metal-hydride bond lengths by standard 1H T1 measurements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1.2. Metal-hydride bond lengths by 1H T1sel and 1H T1min times measurements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2. Proton-proton distances by standard T1 measurements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3. H-H distances from T1sel \/ T1bis measurements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4. H-H distances in intermediates.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5. Analyzing the errors in 1H T1 determinations of internuclear distances.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.6. Bibliography to Chapter 8.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9. Chapter 9: Deuterium quadrupole coupling constants from 2H T1 relaxation measurements in solutions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1. How to determine DQCC values.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2. DQCC values from the 2H T1 times measurements in solutions (fast motional regime).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3. DQCC values via 2H T1min measurements in solutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4. Errors in DQCC determinations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. 5. Bibliography to Chapter 9.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 10. Spin-lattice 1H and 2H relaxation in mobile groups.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1. 1H T1 times and H-H distances in the presence of fast vibrations and librations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2. 1H T1 times and H-H distances in the presence of fast rotational diffusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3. The spectral density function for high-amplitude librations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4. 900-jumps in four-fold potential.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. 5. Deuterium spin-lattice NMR relaxation in mobile molecular fragments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.6. Bibliography to Chapter 10.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 11. Relaxation of other nuclei (than 1H and 2H) and specific relaxation experiments.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1. Chemical shift anisotropies and nuclear quadrupole coupling constants from T1 times of heavy nuclei in solutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2. Multinuclear relaxation approaches to complexation, association and H-bonding.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3. Na relaxation in solutions of complex molecular systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. 4. Character of molecular motions from 17O and 2H T1 relaxation in solutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5. 2D T1 and T1( NMR experiments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.6. Chemical exchanges in complex molecular systems from 15N nuclear relaxation in solutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.7. R1\/R2 method.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.8. Cross-correlation relaxation rates and structure of complex molecular systems in solutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.9. Variable - field relaxation experiments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.10. Bibliography to Chapter 11.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 12. Paramagnetic NMR relaxation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1. Theoretical basics of the paramagnetic relaxation enhancement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2. Paramagnetic relaxation rate enhancements in the presence of chemical exchanges.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3. Structural applications of paramagnetic relaxation rate enhancements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4. Kinetics of ligand exchanges via paramagnetic relaxation rate enhancements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.5. Longitudinal electron relaxation time in paramagnetic centers from variable-high field NMR experiments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.6. Bibliography to Chapter 12.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding remarks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402285031767,"sku":"9780470094457","price":164.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470094457.jpg?v=1730479945"},{"product_id":"radiation-detection-and-measurement-9780470131480","title":"Radiation Detection and Measurement","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe new edition continues to convey the importance of understanding the basic physics underlying the operation of instruments.    This edition includes upto date information on new technical developments that continue to enhase the instruments and techniques availible for the detection and spectroscopy of ionizing radiation.  .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1 Radiation Sources.\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eI. Units And Definitions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. Fast Electron Sources.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. Heavy Charged Particle Sources.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV. Sources Of Electromagnetic Radiation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV. Neutron Sources.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2 Radiation Interactions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. Interaction Of Heavy Charged Particles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. Interaction Of Fast Electrons.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. Interaction Of Gamma Rays.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV. Interaction Of Neutrons.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV. Radiation Exposure And Dose.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3 Counting Statistics And Error Prediction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. Characterization Of Data.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. Statistical Models.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. Applications Of Statistical Models.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV. Error Propagation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV. Optimization Of Counting Experiments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVI. Limits Of Detectability.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVII. Distribution Of Time Intervals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4 General Properties Of Radiation Detectors.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. Simplified Detector Model.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. Modes Of Detector Operation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. Pulse Height Spectra.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV. Counting Curves And Plateaus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV. Energy Resolution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVI. Detection Efficiency.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVII.  Dead Time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5 Ionization Chambers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. The Ionization Process In Gases.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. Charge Migration And Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. Design And Operation Of Dc Ion Chambers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV. Radiation Dose Measurement With Ion Chambers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV. Applications Of Dc Ion Chambers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVI. Pulse Mode Operation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6 Proportional Counters.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. Gas Multiplication.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. Design Features Of Proportional Counters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. Proportional Counter Performance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV. Detection Efficiency And Counting Curves.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV. Variants Of The Proportional Counter Design.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVI. Micropattern Gas Detectors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7 Geiger-Mueller Counters.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. The Geiger Discharge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. Fill Gases.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. Quenching.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV. Time Behavior.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV. The Geiger Counting Plateau.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVI. Design Features.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVII.  Counting Efficiency.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVIII. Time-To-First-Count Method.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIX. G-M Survey Meters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8 Scintillation Detector Principles.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. Organic Scintillators.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. Inorganic Scintillators.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. Light Collection And Scintillator Mounting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9 Photomultiplier Tubes And Photodiodes.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. The Photocathode.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. Electron Multiplication.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV. Photomultiplier Tube Characteristics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV. Ancillary Equipment Required With Photomultiplier Tubes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVI. Photodiodes As Substitutes For Photomultiplier Tubes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVII.  Scintillation Pulse Shape Analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVIII. Hybrid Photomultiplier Tubes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIX. Position-Sensing Photomultiplier Tubes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eX. Photoionization Detectors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 10 Radiation Spectroscopy With Scintillators.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. General Considerations In Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. Gamma-Ray Interactions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. Predicted Response Functions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV. Properties Of Scintillation Gamma-Ray Spectrometers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV. Response Of Scintillation Detectors To Neutrons.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVI. Electron Spectroscopy With Scintillators.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVII. Specialized Detector Configurations Based On Scintillation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 11 Semiconductor Diode Detectors.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. Semiconductor Properties.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. The Action Of Ionizing Radiation In Semiconductors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. Semiconductors As Radiation Detectors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV. Semiconductor Detector Configurations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV. Operational Characteristics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVI. Applications Of Silicon Diode Detectors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 12 Germanium Gamma-Ray Detectors.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. General Considerations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. Configurations Of Germanium Detectors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. Germanium Detector Operational Characteristics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV. Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy With Germanium Detectors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 13 Other Solid-State Detectors.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. Lithium-Drifted Silicon Detectors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. Semiconductor Materials Other Than Silicon Or Germanium.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. Avalanche Detectors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV. Photoconductive Detectors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV. Position-Sensitive Semiconductor Detectors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 14 Slow Neutron Detection Methods.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. Nuclear Reactions Of Interest In Neutron Detection.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. Detectors Based On The Boron Reaction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. Detectors Based On Other Conversion Reactions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV. Reactor Instrumentation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 15 Fast Neutron Detection And Spectroscopy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. Counters Based On Neutron Moderation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. Detectors Based On Fast Neutron-Induced Reactions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. Detectors That Utilize Fast Neutron Scattering.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 16 Pulse Processing.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. Overview Of Pulse Processing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. Device Impedances.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. Coaxial Cables.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV. Linear And Logic Pulses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV. Instrument Standards.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVI. Summary Of Pulse-Processing Units.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVII. Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICS).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVIII. Components Common To Many Applications.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 17 Pulse Shaping, Counting, And Timing.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. Pulse Shaping.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. Pulse Counting Systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. Pulse Height Analysis Systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV. Digital Pulse Processing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV. Systems Involving Pulse Timing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVI. Pulse Shape Discrimination.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 18 Multichannel Pulse Analysis.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. Single-Channel Methods.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. General Multichannel Characteristics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. The Multichannel Analyzer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV. Spectrum Stabilization And Relocation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV. Spectrum Analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 19 Miscellaneous Detector Types.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. Cherenkov Detectors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. Gas-Filled Detectors In Self-Quenched Streamer Mode.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. High-Pressure Xenon Spectrometers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV. Liquid Ionization And Proportional Counters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV. Cryogenic Detectors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVI. Photographic Emulsions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVII. Thermoluminescent Dosimeters And Image Plates.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVIII. Track-Etch Detectors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIX. Superheated Drop Or \"Bubble Detectors\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eX. Neutron Detection By Activation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eXI. Detection Methods Based On Integrated Circuit Components.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 20 Background And Detector Shielding.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. Sources Of Background.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. Background In Gamma-Ray Spectra.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. Background In Other Detectors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV. Shielding Materials.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV. Active Methods Of Background Reduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A The NIM, CAMAC, And VME Instrumentation Standards.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix B Derivation Of The Expression For Sample Variance In Chapter 3.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix C Statistical Behavior Of Counting Data For Variable Mean Value.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix D The Shockley-Ramo Theorem For Induced Charge.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402293649751,"sku":"9780470131480","price":213.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470131480.jpg?v=1730479969"},{"product_id":"introductory-nuclear-physics-9780471805533","title":"Introductory Nuclear Physics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis comprehensive text provides an introduction to basic nuclear physics, including nuclear decays and reactions and nuclear structure, while covering the essential areas of basic research and practical applications. 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\u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCPT\u003c\/i\u003e 308\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 \u003ci\u003eP\u003c\/i\u003e violation, \u003ci\u003eC\u003c\/i\u003e violation and \u003ci\u003eCP\u003c\/i\u003e conservation 308\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 \u003ci\u003eCP\u003c\/i\u003e violation and particle–antiparticle mixing 316\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 \u003ci\u003eCP\u003c\/i\u003e violation in the standard model 340\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 11 343\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Beyond the standard model 346\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 Grand unification 347\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 Supersymmetry 354\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 Strings and things 358\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4 Particle physics and cosmology 360\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.5 Dirac or Majorana neutrinos? 373\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 12 381\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Relativistic kinematics 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\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eC The isospin formalism 408\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC.1 Isospin operators 409\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC.2 Isospin states 411\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC.3 Isospin multiplets 411\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC.3.1 Hadron states 412\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC.4 Branching ratios 414\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC.5 Spin states 416\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems C 416\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eD Gauge theories 418\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.1 Electromagnetic interactions 419\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.2 Gauge transformations 420\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.3 Gauge invariance and the photon mass 421\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.4 The gauge principle 423\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.5 The Higgs mechanism 425\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.5.1 Charge and current densities 425\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.5.2 Spin-0 bosons 427\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.5.3 Spontaneous symmetry breaking 428\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.6 Quantum chromodynamics 429\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.7 Electroweak interactions 434\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.7.1 Weak isospin 434\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.7.2 Gauge invariance and charged currents 436\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.7.3 The unification condition 437\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.7.4 Spin structure and parity violation 440\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems D 441\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eE Answers to selected questions 443\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 448\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 451\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406945329495,"sku":"9781118912164","price":45.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118912164.jpg?v=1730497647"},{"product_id":"nuclear-and-particle-physics-9781119344612","title":"Nuclear and Particle 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20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4.2 Feynman diagrams 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 Particle exchange: forces and potentials 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5.1 Range of forces 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5.2 The Yukawa potential 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6 Observable quantities: cross-sections and decay rates 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6.1 Amplitudes 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6.2 Cross-sections 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6.3 The basic scattering formulas 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6.4 Unstable states 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7 Units 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 1 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Nuclear phenomenology 41\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Mass spectroscopy 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1.1 Deflection spectrometers 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1.2 Kinematic analysis 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1.3 Penning trap measurements 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Nuclear shapes and sizes 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.1 Charge distribution 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.2 Matter distribution 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Semi-empirical mass formula: the liquid drop model 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.1 Binding energies 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.2 Semi-empirical mass formula 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Nuclear instability 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Decay chains 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 \u003ci\u003eβ \u003c\/i\u003edecay phenomenology 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6.1 Odd-mass nuclei 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6.2 Even-mass nuclei 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.7 Fission 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.8 \u003ci\u003eγ \u003c\/i\u003edecays 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.9 Nuclear reactions 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 2 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Particle phenomenology 83\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Leptons 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1.1 Lepton multiplets and lepton numbers 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1.2 Universal lepton interactions; the number of neutrinos 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1.3 Neutrinos 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1.4 Neutrino mixing and oscillations 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1.5 Oscillation experiments 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1.6 Neutrino masses and mixing angles 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1.7 Lepton numbers revisited 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Quarks 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.1 Evidence for quarks 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.2 Quark generations and quark numbers 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Hadrons 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3.1 Flavour independence and charge multiplets 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3.2 The simple quark model 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3.3 Hadron decays and lifetimes 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3.4 Hadron magnetic moments and masses 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3.5 Heavy quarkonia 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3.6 Allowed and exotic quantum numbers 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 3 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Experimental methods 139\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Overview 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Accelerators and beams 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.1 DC accelerators 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.2 AC accelerators 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.3 Neutral and unstable particle beams 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Particle interactions with matter 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3.1 Short-range interactions with nuclei 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3.2 Ionisation energy losses 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3.3 Radiation energy losses 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3.4 Interactions of photons in matter 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3.5 Ranges and interaction lengths 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Particle detectors 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4.1 Gaseous ionisation detectors 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4.2 Scintillation counters 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4.3 Semiconductor detectors 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4.4 Cerenkov counters and transition radiation 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4.5 Calorimeters 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Detector Systems 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 4 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Quark dynamics: the strong interaction 185\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Colour 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Quantum chromodynamics (QCD) 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2.1 The strong coupling constant 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2.2 Screening, antiscreening and asymptotic freedom 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 New forms of matter 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.1 Exotic hadrons 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.2 The quark–gluon plasma 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Jets and gluons 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4.1 Colour counting 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Deep inelastic scattering and nucleon structure 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5.1 Scaling 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5.2 The quark-parton model 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5.3 Scaling violations and parton distributions 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5.4 Inelastic neutrino scattering 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6 Other processes 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6.1 Jets 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6.2 Lepton pair production 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7 Current and constituent quarks 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 5 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Weak interactions and electroweak unification 229\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Charged and neutral currents 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Charged current reactions 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.1 \u003ci\u003eW\u003csup\u003e±\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e-lepton interactions 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.2 Lepton–quark symmetry and mixing 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.3 W-boson decays 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.4 Charged current selection rules 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 The third generation 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.1 More quark mixing 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.2 Properties of the top quark 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Neutral currents and the unified theory 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4.1 Electroweak unification 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4.2 The \u003ci\u003eZ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003csup\u003e0\u003c\/sup\u003e vertices and electroweak reactions 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 Gauge invariance and the Higgs boson 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5.1 Unification and the gauge principle 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5.2 Particle masses and the Higgs field 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5.3 Properties of the Higgs boson 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5.4 Discovery of the Higgs boson 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 6 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Symmetry breaking in the weak interaction 271\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 \u003ci\u003eP \u003c\/i\u003eviolation, \u003ci\u003eC \u003c\/i\u003eviolation, and \u003ci\u003eCP \u003c\/i\u003econservation 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1.1 Muon decay symmetries 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1.2 Parity violation in electroweak processes 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Spin structure of the weak interactions 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.1 Left-handed neutrinos and right-handed antineutrinos 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.2 Particles with mass: chirality 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Neutral kaons: particle–antiparticle mixing and \u003ci\u003eCP \u003c\/i\u003eviolation 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3.1 \u003ci\u003eCP \u003c\/i\u003einvariance and neutral kaons 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3.2 \u003ci\u003eCP \u003c\/i\u003eviolation in \u003ci\u003eK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003csup\u003e0\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csub\u003e\u003ci\u003eL \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/sub\u003edecay 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3.3 Flavour oscillations and \u003ci\u003eCPT \u003c\/i\u003einvariance 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 \u003ci\u003eCP \u003c\/i\u003eviolation and flavour oscillations in \u003ci\u003eB \u003c\/i\u003edecays 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4.1 Direct \u003ci\u003eCP \u003c\/i\u003eviolation in decay rates 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4.2 \u003ci\u003eB\u003c\/i\u003e\u003csup\u003e0\u003c\/sup\u003e \u003ci\u003e− B\u003c\/i\u003e\u003csup\u003e0\u003c\/sup\u003e mixing 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4.3 \u003ci\u003eCP \u003c\/i\u003eviolation in interference 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 \u003ci\u003eCP \u003c\/i\u003eviolation in the standard model 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 7 302\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Models and theories of nuclear physics 305\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 The nucleon–nucleon potential 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Fermi gas model 308\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Shell model 310\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3.1 Shell structure of atoms 310\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3.2 Nuclear shell structure and magic numbers 312\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3.3 Spins, parities, and magnetic dipole moments 315\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3.4 Excited states 318\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Nonspherical nuclei 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4.1 Electric quadrupole moments 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4.2 Collective model 322\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Summary of nuclear structure models 323\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.6 \u003ci\u003eα \u003c\/i\u003edecay 324\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7 \u003ci\u003eβ \u003c\/i\u003edecay 327\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7.1 \u003ci\u003eV − A \u003c\/i\u003etheory 327\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7.2 Electron and positron momentum distributions 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7.3 Selection rules 330\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7.4 Applications of Fermi theory 332\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.8 \u003ci\u003eγ \u003c\/i\u003edecay 337\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.8.1 Selection rules 337\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.8.2 Transition rates 339\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 8 340\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Applications of nuclear and particle physics 343\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Fission 343\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1.1 Induced fission and chain reactions 344\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1.2 Thermal fission reactors 348\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1.3 Radioactive waste 352\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1.4 Power from ADS systems 354\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Fusion 357\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.1 Coulomb barrier 357\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.2 Fusion reaction rates 358\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.3 Nucleosynthesis and stellar evolution 361\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.4 Fusion reactors 366\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Nuclear weapons 371\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3.1 Fission devices 371\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3.2 Fission\/fusion devices 374\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Biomedical applications 377\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4.1 Radiation and living matter 377\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4.2 Radiation therapy 380\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4.3 Medical imaging using ionising radiation 385\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4.4 Magnetic resonance imaging 390\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 Further applications 395\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5.1 Computing and data analysis 395\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5.2 Archaeology and geophysics 396\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5.3 Accelerators and detectors 397\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5.4 Industrial applications 398\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 9 398\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Some outstanding questions and future prospects 401\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Overview 401\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Hadrons and nuclei 402\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2.1 Hadron structure and the nuclear environment 402\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2.2 Nuclear structure 405\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Unification schemes 407\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3.1 Grand unification 407\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3.2 Supersymmetry 412\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3.3 Strings and things 417\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 The nature of the neutrino 418\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4.1 Neutrinoless double beta decay 420\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5 Particle astrophysics 426\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5.1 Neutrino astrophysics 427\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5.2 Cosmology and dark matter 432\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5.3 Matter–antimatter asymmetry 438\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5.4 Axions and the strong \u003ci\u003eCP \u003c\/i\u003eproblem 441\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Some results in quantum mechanics 445\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.1 Barrier penetration 445\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.2 Density of states 447\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.3 Perturbation theory and the Second Golden Rule 449\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.4 Isospin formalism 452\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.4.1 Isospin operators and quark states 452\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.4.2 Hadron states 454\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems A 456\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eB Relativistic kinematics 457\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB.1 Lorentz transformations and four-vectors 457\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB.2 Frames of reference 459\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB.3 Invariants 461\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems B 463\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eC Rutherford scattering 465\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC.1 Classical physics 465\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC.2 Quantum mechanics 467\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems C 469\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eD Gauge theories 471\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.1 Gauge invariance and the standard model 471\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.1.1 Electromagnetism and the gauge principle 471\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.1.2 The standard model 474\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.2 Particle masses and the Higgs field 478\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems D 481\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eE Short answers to selected problems 483\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 487\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 491\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInside Rear Cover: Table of constants and conversion factors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default 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