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| Flow diagram | |
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| Editors' preface to the Manchester Physics Series | |
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| Author's preface | |
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| Principles | |
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| Introduction and Basic Concepts | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Early Discoveries | |
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| Basic Facts and Definitions | |
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| The nucleus and its constituents | |
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| Isotopes, isotones and isobars | |
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| Nuclear mass and energy | |
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| Nuclear Potential and Energy Levels | |
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| Nucleon states in a nucleus | |
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| Energy levels of nuclei | |
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| Occurrence and stability of nuclei | |
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| Radioactivity and Radioactive Decay | |
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| Alpha emission | |
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| Beta emission and electron capture | |
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| Gamma emission and internal conversion | |
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| Rate of radioactive decay | |
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| Radioactive decay chains | |
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| Radioactivity in the environment | |
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| Radioactive dating | |
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| Nuclear Collisions | |
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| Nomenclature | |
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| Probes | |
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| Cross section, differential cross section and reaction rate | |
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| Isotope production | |
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| Examples of nuclear reactions | |
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| Problems I | |
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| Nuclear Structure | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Nuclear Mass | |
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| The nuclear force | |
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| Semi-empirical mass formula | |
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| Nuclear stability | |
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| Nuclear Shell Model | |
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| Evidence for shell structure | |
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| Independent particle motion and the shell model | |
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| The spin--orbit potential | |
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| Single-Particle Features | |
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| Parity | |
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| Spectra of single-particle or single-hole nuclei | |
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| Collective States | |
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| Vibrational states | |
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| Deformed nuclei | |
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| Rotational states | |
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| Superdeformation | |
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| Problems 2 | |
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| Nuclear Instability | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Gamma Emission | |
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| General features and selection rules | |
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| Transition rate | |
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| Internal conversion | |
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| Beta Decay | |
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| Beta-particle energy spectrum | |
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| Allowed transitions | |
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| Forbidden transitions | |
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| Comparison of [beta]-decay rates | |
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| Electron capture | |
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| Alpha Decay | |
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| Semi-classical theory of [alpha] decay | |
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| Alpha-particle energies and selection rules | |
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| Transuranic nuclei | |
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| Problems 3 | |
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| Nuclear Reactions | |
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| Introduction | |
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| General Features of Nuclear Reactions | |
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| Energy spectra | |
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| Angular distributions | |
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| Cross sections | |
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| Elastic Scattering and Nuclear Size | |
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| Electron scattering | |
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| Optical model for nuclear scattering | |
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| Direct Reactions | |
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| Angular momentum transfer in direct reactions | |
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| Selectivity in direct reactions | |
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| Compound Nucleus Reactions | |
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| Resonance in a compound nuclear reaction | |
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| Low-energy, neutron-induced fission | |
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| Heavy-Ion Reactions | |
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| Elastic scattering and direct reactions | |
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| Fusion | |
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| Deep inelastic reactions and limits to fusion | |
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| Problems 4 | |
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| Instrumentation and Applications | |
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| Interaction of Radiation with Matter | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Heavy Charged Particles | |
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| Bethe-Bloch formula | |
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| Energy dependence | |
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| Bragg curve | |
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| Projectile dependence | |
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| Stopping medium dependence | |
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| Electrons | |
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| Gamma Rays | |
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| Photoelectric effect | |
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| Compton scattering | |
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| Pair production | |
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| Attenuation | |
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| Neutrons | |
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| Attenuation | |
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| Neutron moderation | |
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| Problems 5 | |
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| Detectors and Instrumentation | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Gas Detectors | |
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| Ionization chamber | |
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| Proportional counter | |
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| Geiger-Mueller counter | |
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| Scintillation Detectors | |
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| Semiconductor Detectors | |
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| The p-n junction detector | |
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| The intrinsic detector | |
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| Detector Performance for Gamma Rays | |
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| Response to monoenergetic photons | |
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| Energy resolution | |
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| Peak-to-total ratio | |
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| Neutron Detectors | |
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| Slow-neutron detection | |
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| Fast-neutron detection | |
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| Particle Identification | |
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| E--[delta]E counter telescope | |
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| Time of flight | |
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| Magnetic analysis | |
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| Accelerators | |
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| DC machines | |
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| AC machines | |
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| Problems 6 | |
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| Biological Effects of Radiation | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Initial Interactions | |
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| Direct and indirect physical damage | |
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| Indirect chemical damage | |
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| Dose, Dose Rate and Dose Distribution | |
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| Absorbed dose | |
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| Dose rate | |
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| Dose distribution and relative biological effectiveness | |
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| Equivalent dose | |
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| Effective dose | |
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| Damage to Critical Tissue | |
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| Complex molecules | |
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| Nucleic acids and damage repair | |
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| Modifying factors | |
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| Human Exposure to Radiation | |
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| Radiation in the environment | |
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| Evaluating the dose | |
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| Risk Assessment | |
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| Risk to occupationally exposed workers | |
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| Problems 7 | |
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| Industrial and Analytical Applications | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Industrial Uses | |
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| Tracing | |
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| Gauging | |
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| Material modification | |
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| Sterilization | |
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| Food preservation | |
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| Other applications | |
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| Neutron Activation Analysis | |
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| Rutherford Backscattering | |
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| Particle-Induced X-Ray Emission | |
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| Accelerator Mass Spectrometry | |
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| Significance of Low-Level Counting | |
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| Null measurements with zero background | |
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| Low-level counting with finite background | |
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| Problems 8 | |
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| Nuclear Medicine | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Projection Imaging: X-Radiography and the Gamma Camera | |
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| Imaging with external radiation | |
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| Imaging with internal radiation | |
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| Computed Tomography | |
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| Positron Emission Tomography | |
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| Magnetic Resonance Imaging | |
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| Principles of MRI | |
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| Excitation of a selected region | |
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| Readout and MRI image formation | |
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| Time variations of the signal | |
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| Functional MRI | |
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| Radiation Therapy | |
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| Photons and electrons | |
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| Radionuclides | |
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| Neutron therapy | |
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| Heavy charged particles | |
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| Problems 9 | |
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| Power From Fission | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Characteristics of Fission | |
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| Fission and fission products | |
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| Fission energy budget | |
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| Delayed neutrons | |
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| Neutron interactions | |
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| Breeder reactions | |
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| The Chain Reaction in a Thermal Fission Reactor | |
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| A nuclear power plant | |
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| The neutron cycle in a thermal reactor | |
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| Moderator | |
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| Optimizing the design | |
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| The Finite Reactor | |
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| Diffusion | |
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| The continuity equation | |
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| Diffusion length | |
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| Reactor equation | |
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| Solving the reactor equation | |
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| Reactor Operation | |
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| Reactor power and fuel consumption | |
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| Reactor kinetics | |
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| Reactor poisoning | |
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| Commercial Thermal Reactors | |
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| Early gas-cooled reactors | |
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| Advanced gas-cooled reactor (AGR) | |
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| Pressurized-water reactor | |
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| Boiling-water reactor | |
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| Heavy-water reactors | |
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| Future of Nuclear Fission Power | |
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| The breeder reactor | |
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| Accelerator-driven systems | |
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| Problems 10 | |
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| Thermonuclear Fusion | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Thermonuclear Reactions and Energy Production | |
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| Basic reactions and Q values | |
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| Cross sections | |
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| Fusion in a Hot Medium | |
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| Reaction rate | |
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| Performance criteria | |
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| Progress Towards Fusion Power | |
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| Magnetic confinement | |
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| Inertial confinement fusion | |
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| Fusion in the Early Universe | |
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| Stellar Burning | |
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| Hydrogen burning | |
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| Helium burning | |
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| Beyond helium burning | |
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| Nucleosynthesis Beyond A [approximate] 60 | |
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| Problems 11 | |
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| Useful Information | |
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| Physical Constants and Derived Quantities | |
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| Masses and Energies | |
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| Conversion Factors | |
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| Useful Formulae | |
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| Particle in a Square Well | |
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| Density of States and the Fermi Energy | |
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| Density of States | |
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| Fermi Energy | |
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| Spherical Harmonics | |
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| Coulomb Scattering | |
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| Mass Excesses and Decay Properties of Nuclei | |
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| Answers and Hints to Problems | |
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| References | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |