• Sizes
• Energies
• Masses
• Introductory remarks
  • Matter and structure
  • What is nuclear physics?
  • Symmetry and Conservation laws
  • Particles
  • Interactions
• Basic properties of the nucleus
  • Nucleons
  • Composition of the nucleus
  • Sizes
  • Masses
    • Binding energy
    • Stability
    • The semi-empirical mass formula
    • The line of stability
    • Isobar masses
  • Shape
  • Structure
• Nuclear transformation: reactions and radioactive decay
  • Introduction
  • Radioactive decay
    • Exponential decay law
    • Quantum mechanics and decay
    • Production of isotopes
    • Decay by more than one path
    • Decay series
  • Alpha decay
    • Importance
    • Systematics
    • Gamow theory of alpha decay
    • Refinements
  • Beta decay
    • Introduction
    • Energy
    • Selection rules
    • Fermi theory of beta decay
      • The matrix element
      • Phase space factor
      • The beta spectrum
      • The decay constant
  • Gamma decay
    • Introduction
    • Semiclassical introduction to radiation
    • Multipole radiation
• Reactions
  • Introduction
  • Energy and momentum
  • Cross sections
  • Transitions
• Nuclear structure
  • Nuclear size and density
  • Isobar masses and beta decay
  • The Fermi gas model
  • The nuclear shell model
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