Atomic Masses and Fundamental Constants 5 [Paperback]

1 The Fundamental Constants and Metrology.- The Measurement of Fundamental Constants (Metrology) and Its Effect on Scientific and Technical Progress.- Constantes Physiques et M?trologie.- 2 Gamma rays.- Gamma-Ray Energies for Calibration of Ge(Li) spectrometers.- Primary Standards for Gamma Energy Determinations.- Precision Measurements of Relative ?-Ray Energies with a Curved Crystal Diffractometer.- Visible to Gamma-Ray Wavelength Ratio.- Determination of Proton Binding Energies for 89Y, 90Zr, 91Nb and 93Tc from (p, ?) Reaction Q-values.- A New Method for Measurement of Proton Beam Energies.- 3 Alpha and Beta Decays.- Superallowed ?-decay : From Nuclear Masses to the Z Vector Boson.- Masses of TZ = +5/2 Nuclei in the s-d Shell from ?-Decay Measurements.- Mass Differences of Proton-Rich Atoms near A=116 and A=190 Unisor Consortium.- Total ?-Decay Energies of Nuclei Far from Stability: Evidence for the Wigner Symmetry Energy in Rb and Kr Masses.- Total Beta Decay Energies of Neutron-Rich Fission Products.- Far Beta-Unstable Alpha-Particle Emitting Nuclei.- 4 Nuclear Reactions.- Precision Measurement of Q-values by Means of the Munich Time-of-flight System and the Q3D-Spectrograph.- Measurements of Nuclear Masses Far from Stability.- Some (p,n) and (?,n) Reaction Energies Relevant to Superallowed Beta Decay.- Accurate Q-value Measurements and Masses in the Iron Region.- Precision Energy Measurements with the MSU cyclotron.- New Tests of the Isobaric Multiplet Mass Equation.- Isobaric Mass Quartets.- 5 Mass Spectrometry.- This part is dedicated to the memory of L.G. Smith, 19121972. The Mass Spectroscopic Work of L.G. Smith.- L.G. Smiths Precision RF Mass Spectrometer Transferred from Princeton to Delft.- Present Status of the Program of Atomic Mass Determinations at the University of Manitoba.- Recent Doublet Results and Measurement Technique Development at the University of Minnesota.- Double Focussing Mass Spectrometers of Second Order.- On a Two-Stage Double-Focl¥