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1 Contents Preface to the First Edition Preface to the Second Edition Notes xiii xv xvii 1 Basic Concepts History The Origins of Nuclear Physics The Emergence of Particle Physics: the Standard Model and Hadrons Relativity and Antiparticles Space-Time Symmetries and Conservation Laws Parity Charge Conjugation Time Reversal Interactions and Feynman Diagrams Interactions Feynman Diagrams Particle Exchange: Forces and Potentials Range of Forces The Yukawa Potential Observable Quantities: Cross-sections and Decay Rates Amplitudes Cross-sections Unstable States Units: Length, Mass and Energy 28 Problems 29 2 Nuclear Phenomenology Mass Spectroscopy Deflection Spectrometers Kinematic Analysis Penning Trap Measurements Nuclear Shapes and Sizes Charge Distribution Matter Distribution 43

2 viii Contents 2.3 Semi-Empirical Mass Formula: the Liquid Drop Model Binding Energies Semi-empirical Mass Formula Nuclear Instability Radioactive Decay β Decay Phenomenology Odd-mass Nuclei Even-mass Nuclei Fission γ Decays Nuclear Reactions 63 Problems 67 3 Particle Phenomenology Leptons Lepton Multiplets and Lepton Numbers Universal Lepton Interactions: the Number of Neutrinos Neutrinos Neutrino Mixing and Oscillations Oscillation Experiments and Neutrino Masses Lepton Numbers Revisited Quarks Evidence for Quarks Quark Generations and Quark Numbers Hadrons Flavour Independence and Charge Multiplets Quark Model Spectroscopy Hadron Magnetic Moments and Masses 101 Problems Experimental Methods Overview Accelerators and Beams DC Accelerators AC Accelerators Neutral and Unstable Particle Beams Particle Interactions with Matter Short-range Interactions with Nuclei Ionization Energy Losses Radiation Energy Losses Interactions of Photons in Matter Particle Detectors Gas Detectors Scintillation Counters Semiconductor Detectors 133

3 Contents ix Čerenkov Counters Calorimeters Multi-Component Detector Systems 138 Problems Quark Dynamics: The Strong Interaction Colour Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) Heavy Quark Bound States The Strong Coupling Constant and Asymptotic Freedom Quark-Gluon Plasma Jets and Gluons Colour Counting Deep Inelastic Scattering and Nucleon Structure Scaling Quark-Parton Model Scaling Violations and Structure Functions 170 Problems Weak Interactions and Electroweak Unification Charged and Neutral Currents Symmetries of the Weak Interaction Spin Structure of the Weak Interactions Neutrinos Particles with Mass: Chirality W ± and Z 0 Bosons Weak Interactions of Hadrons: Charged Currents Semileptonic Decays Selection Rules Neutrino Scattering Meson Decays and CP Violation CP Invariance CP Violation in K L 0 Decay CP Violation in B Decays Flavour Oscillations CP Violation and the Standard Model Neutral Currents and the Unified Theory Electroweak Unification The Z 0 Vertices and Electroweak Reactions 210 Problems Models and Theories of Nuclear Physics The Nucleon-Nucleon Potential Fermi Gas Model Shell Model 222

4 x Contents Shell Structure of Atoms Nuclear Magic Numbers Spins, Parities and Magnetic Dipole Moments Excited States Non-Spherical Nuclei Electric Quadrupole Moments Collective Model Summary of Nuclear Structure Models α Decay β Decay Fermi Theory Electron and Positron Momentum Distributions Selection Rules Applications of Fermi Theory γ Emission and Internal Conversion Selection Rules Transition Rates 248 Problems Applications of Nuclear Physics Fission Induced Fission and Chain Reactions Fission Reactors Fusion Coulomb Barrier Fusion Reaction Rates Stellar Fusion Fusion Reactors Nuclear Weapons Fission Devices Fission/Fusion Devices Biomedical Applications Radiation and Living Matter Medical Imaging Using Ionizing Radiation Magnetic Resonance Imaging 289 Problems Outstanding Questions and Future Prospects Overview Hadrons and Nuclei Hadron Structure and the Nuclear Environment Nuclear Structure Nuclear Synthesis Symmetries and the Standard Model The Origin of Mass: the Higgs Boson Theoretical Background 305

5 Contents xi Experimental Searches The Nature of the Neutrino Dirac or Majorana? Neutrinoless Double β Decay Beyond the Standard Model: Unification Schemes Grand Unification Supersymmetry Strings and Things Particle Astrophysics Neutrino Astrophysics The Early Universe: Dark Matter and Neutrino Masses Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry Nuclear Medicine Power Production and Nuclear Waste 333 Appendix A Some Results in Quantum Mchanics 339 A.1 Barrier Penetration 339 A.2 Density of States 341 A.3 Perturbation Theory and the Second Golden Rule 343 A.4 Isospin Formalism 345 A.4.1 Isospin Operators and Quark States 345 A.4.2 Hadron States 347 Appendix B Relativistic Kinematics 351 B.1 Lorentz Transformations and Four-Vectors 351 B.2 Frames of Reference 353 B.3 Invariants 355 Problems 358 Appendix C Rutherford Scattering 361 C.1 Classical Physics 361 C.2 Quantum Mechanics 364 Problems 365 Appendix D Gauge Theories 367 D.1 Gauge Invariance and the Standard Model 367 D.1.1 Electromagnetism and the Gauge Principle 368 D.1.2 The Standard Model 370 D.2 Particle Masses and the Higgs Field 372 Appendix E Data 377 E.1 Physical Constants and Conversion Factors 377 E.2 Tables of Particle Properties 378 E.2.1 Gauge Bosons 378 E.2.2 Leptons 379 E.2.3 Quarks 379

6 xii Contents E.2.4 Low-Lying Baryons 380 E.2.5 Low-Lying Mesons 382 E.3 Tables of Nuclear Properties 384 E.3.1 Properties of Naturally Occurring Isotopes 384 E.3.2 The Periodic Table 392 Appendix F Solutions to Problems 393 References 437 Bibliography 441 Index 443

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