Nuclear Structure from a Simple Perspective [Hardcover]

This book provides a useful survey and assessment of the study of low-energy collective and single particle excitations of medium and heavy nuclei. An ideal resource for graduate students, the book covers both experimental and theoretical perspectives. The author's simple intuitive approach will help the reader to understand the empirical systematics as well as detailed model calculations, without recourse to complex--and often--confusing formalism.

1. Introduction
2. The Nuclear Landscape
3. The Independent Particle Model
4. The Shell Model: Two-Particle Configurations
5. Multiparticle Configurations
6. Collective Excitations in Even-Even Nuclei: Vibrational and Rotational Motion
7. The Deformed Shell Model or Nilsson Model
8. Microscopic Treatment of Collective Vibrations
9. A Few Selected Experimental Techniques

Provide[s] an excellent reference for many of the underlying concepts in nuclear structure theory. . . .Highly recommended for anyone who wants to get a better intuitive understanding of low-energy nuclear structure physics. --Physics Today