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Electron scattering for nuclear and nucleon structure / John Dirk Walecka.
Math/Physics/Astronomy Library QC793.5.E628 W35 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walecka, John Dirk, 1932-
- Series:
- Cambridge monographs on particle physics, nuclear physics, and cosmology ; 16.
- Cambridge monographs on particle physics, nuclear physics, and cosmology ; 16
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Electrons--Scattering.
- Electrons.
- Nuclear structure.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 363 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Introduction. 1. Motivation. 2. Pictures of the nucleus. 3. Some optics. 4. Why electron scattering? 5. Target response surfaces. 6. Why coincidence experiments? 7. Units and conventions
- pt. 2. General analysis. 8. Electromagnetic interactions. 9. Multipole analysis. 10. Dirac equation. 11. Covariant analysis. 12. Excitation of discrete states in (e, e'). 13. Coincidence experiments (e, e'X). 14. Deep-inelastic scattering from the nucleon. 15. Polarization in deep-inelastic scattering. 16. Parity violation in inclusive electron scattering
- pt. 3. Quantum electrodynamics. 17. Basic elements. 18. Radiative corrections
- pt. 4. Selected examples. 19. Basic nuclear structure. 20. Some applications.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-351) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0521780438 (hbk.)
- 9780521780438 (hbk.)
- OCLC:
- 46565151
- Publisher Number:
- 99993694883
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