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Nuclear physics / Nuclear Physics Panel, Physics Survey Committee, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources, National Research Council.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
National Research Council (U.S.). Nuclear Physics Panel.
Series:
Physics through the 1990s.
Physics through the 1990s
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
National Research Council (U.S.). Nuclear Physics Panel.
National Research Council (U.S.).
Nuclear physics.
Nuclear physics--Research--United States.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (238 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1986.
Language Note:
English
Contents:
Nuclear Physics
Copyright
PREFACE
Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
NUCLEAR PHYSICS TODAY
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS
The Planned Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility
The Next Major Initiative: the Relativistic Nuclear Collider
Additional Facility Opportunities
Nuclear Instrumentation
Nuclear Theory
Accelerator Research and Development
Training New Scientists
Enriched Stable Isotopes
Nuclear-Data Compilation
1 Introduction to Nuclear Physics
THE ATOMIC NUCLEUS
THE NUCLEAR MANY-BODY PROBLEM
THE FUNDAMENTAL FORCES
THE ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
Leptons
Quarks
Elementary Vector Bosons
CONSERVATION LAWS AND SYMMETRIES
ACCELERATORS AND DETECTORS
Projectiles and Targets
Energies
Nuclear Interactions
Particle Detectors
I MAJOR ADVANCES IN NUCLEAR PHYSICS
2 Nuclear Structure and Dynamics
ELEMENTARY MODES OF EXCITATION
Giant Electric Resonances
Giant Spin Vibrations
Deltas in Nuclei
Electron-Scattering Results
The Interacting Boson Model
MACROSCOPIC NUCLEAR DYNAMICS
Resonances in Heavy-Ion Systems
Deep-Inelastic Collisions
The Three-Nucleon Nucleus and Infinite Nuclear Matter
Properties of Finite Nuclei
The Effective NN Interaction at Intermediate Energies
Expanding the Traditional Many-Body Theory
3 Fundamental Forces in the Nucleus
NONNUCLEONIC CONSTITUENTS OF NUCLEI
Probing Quark Structure with Leptons
The Physics of Hypernuclei
Quantum Chromodynamics at Low Energies
THE NUCLEUS AS A LABORATORY FOR FUNDAMENTAL SYMMETRIES
Right-Handed Bosons in Beta Decay
The Mass of the Neutrino
Neutrino Oscillations
Double Beta Decay
Parity Violation in Nuclei
4 Nuclei Under Extreme Conditions
NUCLEI AT HIGH TEMPERATURE AND DENSITY.
High Nuclear Temperatures
High Nuclear Densities
Nuclear-Matter Equation of State
THE HEAVIEST ELEMENTS
New Transfermium Elements
The Search for Superheavy Elements
HIGHLY UNSTABLE NUCLEI
Exotic Radioactivities
Long Isotopic Sequences
Nuclei with Extremely High Spin
II IMPACTS OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS
5 Nuclear Astrophysics
NUCLEI UNDER EXTREME ASTROPHYSICAL CONDITIONS
Nucleosynthesis of Light Elements
Supernova Explosions and Neutron-Star Formation
Weak-Interaction Processes in Supernovas
NUCLEAR REACTIONS IN STARS
The Solar-Neutrino Problem
Stellar Evolution
6 Scientific and Societal Benefits
CONDENSED-MATTER PHYSICS
ATOMIC PHYSICS
GEOLOGY AND COSMOLOGY
NUCLEAR AND RADIATION MEDICINE
MATERIALS MODIFICATION AND ANALYSIS
ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
THE FINE ARTS
III CURRENT FRONTIERS OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS
7 Approaching the Quark-Gluon Plasma
STATES OF NUCLEAR MATTER
ACHIEVING QUARK DECONFINEMENT
DETECTING THE QUARK-GLUON PLASMA
ADDITIONAL RELATIVISTIC HEAVY-ION PHYSICS
8 Changing Descriptions of Nuclear Matter
QUARKS IN NUCLEI
MESONS AND BARYON RESONANCES IN NUCLEI
NUCLEAR PROPERTIES UNDER EXTREME CONDITIONS
9 The Electroweak Synthesis and Beyond
THE STANDARD MODEL
PHYSICS WITH NEUTRINO BEAMS
TESTING THE GRAND UNIFIED THEORIES
Time-Reversal-Invariance Violation
The Electric Dipole Moment of the Neutron
RARE MUON AND KAON DECAYS
10 Recommended Priorities for Nuclear Physics
ACCELERATORS IN NUCLEAR PHYSICS
Existing Facilities
THE NEXT MAJOR INITIATIVE: THE RELATIVISTIC NUCLEAR COLLIDER
Recommendations from the NSAC 1983 Long Range Plan
Complementary Aspects of CEBAF and the RNC
FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS
Additional Facility Opportunities.
Nuclear Instrumentation
Nuclear Data Compilation
APPENDIXES
A National and Dedicated University Accelerator Facilities
B Advisors and Reviewers
Participants in the DOE/NSF Nuclear Science Advisory Committee's Long Range Plan Workshop, Wells...
Agency Representatives
Chairmen of Working Groups
Participants In Working Groups Who Did Not Attend Workshop
Readers of The Nuclear Physics Panel Report (February-March 1984)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ARTICLES FROM SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
BOOKS
GLOSSARY
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
TECHNICAL TERMS
INDEX.
Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-202).
ISBN:
9786610222353
9781280222351
1280222352
9780309554725
0309554721
9780585144634
058514463X
OCLC:
427374950

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