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Particles and Nuclei

An Introduction to the Physical Concepts

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  • © 2008

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Authors:
  1. Bogdan Povh

    1. MPI für Kernphysik, Germany

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  2. Klaus Rith

    1. Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg Naturwissenschaftl. Fakultät I Inst. Physik, 91058 Erlangen, Germany

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  3. Christoph Scholz

    1. SAP AG, 69185 Walldorf, Germany

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  4. Frank Zetsche

    1. DESY, 22607 Hamburg, Germany

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  5. Martin Lavelle

    1. Institut de Fìsica d’Altes Energies Facultat de Ciències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

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  • To cope with modern developments especially in nuclear physics research this textbook presents nuclear and particle physics from a unifying point of view
  • The most spectacular new results on deep inelastic scattering are included
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Hors d’œuvre

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Hors d’œuvre

      • Bogdan Povh, Klaus Rith, Christoph Scholz, Frank Zetsche, Martin Lavelle
      Pages 1-7

  3. Analysis: The Building Blocks of Matter

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Global Properties of Nuclei

      • Bogdan Povh, Klaus Rith, Christoph Scholz, Frank Zetsche, Martin Lavelle
      Pages 11-23

    3. Nuclear Stability

      • Bogdan Povh, Klaus Rith, Christoph Scholz, Frank Zetsche, Martin Lavelle
      Pages 25-40

    4. Scattering

      • Bogdan Povh, Klaus Rith, Christoph Scholz, Frank Zetsche, Martin Lavelle
      Pages 41-52

    5. Geometric Shapes of Nuclei

      • Bogdan Povh, Klaus Rith, Christoph Scholz, Frank Zetsche, Martin Lavelle
      Pages 53-71

    6. Elastic Scattering off Nucleons

      • Bogdan Povh, Klaus Rith, Christoph Scholz, Frank Zetsche, Martin Lavelle
      Pages 73-82

    7. Deep Inelastic Scattering

      • Bogdan Povh, Klaus Rith, Christoph Scholz, Frank Zetsche, Martin Lavelle
      Pages 83-96

    8. Quarks, Gluons, and the Strong Interaction

      • Bogdan Povh, Klaus Rith, Christoph Scholz, Frank Zetsche, Martin Lavelle
      Pages 97-111

    9. Particle Production in e+e− Collisions

      • Bogdan Povh, Klaus Rith, Christoph Scholz, Frank Zetsche, Martin Lavelle
      Pages 113-126

    10. Phenomenology of the Weak Interaction

      • Bogdan Povh, Klaus Rith, Christoph Scholz, Frank Zetsche, Martin Lavelle
      Pages 127-150

    11. Exchange Bosons of the Weak Interaction

      • Bogdan Povh, Klaus Rith, Christoph Scholz, Frank Zetsche, Martin Lavelle
      Pages 151-163

    12. The Standard Model

      • Bogdan Povh, Klaus Rith, Christoph Scholz, Frank Zetsche, Martin Lavelle
      Pages 165-168

  4. Synthesis: Composite Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-169
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    2. Quarkonia

      • Bogdan Povh, Klaus Rith, Christoph Scholz, Frank Zetsche, Martin Lavelle
      Pages 171-187

    3. Mesons Made from Light Quarks

      • Bogdan Povh, Klaus Rith, Christoph Scholz, Frank Zetsche, Martin Lavelle
      Pages 189-199

    4. The Baryons

      • Bogdan Povh, Klaus Rith, Christoph Scholz, Frank Zetsche, Martin Lavelle
      Pages 201-227

    5. The Nuclear Force

      • Bogdan Povh, Klaus Rith, Christoph Scholz, Frank Zetsche, Martin Lavelle
      Pages 229-243
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Theoriginalchaptersondeepinelasticscatteringwereformulatedin1993. Since this time a large amount of new experimental data have been obtained at the Electron-Proton Collider HERA at DESY in Hamburg. In summer of 2007 the Collider was turned o?. The chapters 7 and 8 were partially rewritten as to include the most spectacular new results on deep inelastic scattering. I would like to thank Tina Pollmann for preparing the ?gures and Jurgen ¨ Sawinski for the formatting of the Sixth Edition. Heidelberg, February 2008 Bogdan Povh Preface to the Fourth and the Fifth Edition In the last two editions we included new results on the neutrino oscillations as evidence for a non-vanishing mass of the neutrinos. In the present edition we have rewritten the chapter on “Phenomenology oftheWeakInteraction”(Chapter10)inordertogiveacoherentpresentation oftheneutrinoproperties.Furthermore,weextendedthechapteron“Nuclear Thermodynamics” (Chapter 19). Heidelberg, July 2006 Bogdan Povh Preface to the First Edition The aim of Particles and Nuclei is to give a uni?ed description of nuclear and particle physics because the experiments which have uncovered thesubstructureofatomicnucleiandnucleonsareconceptuallysimilar.With theprogressofexperimentalandtheoreticalmethods,atoms,nuclei,nucleons, and ?nally quarks have been analysed during the course of this century. The intuitive assumption that our world is composed of a few constituents — an idea which seems attractive, but could not be taken for granted — appears to be con?rmed. Moreover, the interactions between these constituents of matter can be formulated elegantly, and are well understood conceptionally, within the so-called “standard model”. Once we have arrived at this underlying theory we are immediately facedwiththequestionofhowthecomplexstructuresaroundusareproducedbyit.

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"...an excellent introduction to nuclear and particle physics... A very clear presentation... I thus recommend this book as a very good phenomenological approach to the physics of particles and nuclei..."

PHYSICALIA (REVIEW OF FIRST EDITION)

"…An excellent introduction to nuclear and particle physics…A very clear presentation is given of the basic knowledge concerning the constituents of matter at the infra-atomic scale and the fundamental forces between them (except for gravitation)…Intended for undergraduate students, [Particles and Nuclei] also offers a pleasant and instructive lecture for more advanced scientists, in particular Ph.D. students." Physicalia

This introductory textbook - now in its third edition - gives a uniform presentation of nuclear and particle physics. The first part is devoted to disentangling the substructure of matter. The part shows that experiments designed to uncover the substructures of nuclei and nucleons have a similar conceptual basis, and lead to the present picture of all matter being built out of a small number of elementary building blocks and a small number of fundamental interactions. The second part shows how the elementary particles may be combined to build hadrons and nuclei. The fundamental interactions responsible for the forces in all systems become less and less evident in increasingly complex systems. In the third edition a new section on neutrino oscillations and one on nuclear matter at high temperatures bridges the fields of modern astrophysics and cosmology. This concise text is well suited for advanced and undergraduate courses.|| Some praise for the previous editions:||" . . . An excellent introduction to nuclear and particle physics . . . A very clear presentation . . . I thus recommend this book as a very good phenomenological approach to the physics of particles and nuclei . . . "|- Physicalia

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Authors and Affiliations

  • MPI für Kernphysik, Germany

    Bogdan Povh

  • Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg Naturwissenschaftl. Fakultät I Inst. Physik, 91058 Erlangen, Germany

    Klaus Rith

  • SAP AG, 69185 Walldorf, Germany

    Christoph Scholz

  • DESY, 22607 Hamburg, Germany

    Frank Zetsche

  • Institut de Fìsica d’Altes Energies Facultat de Ciències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

    Martin Lavelle

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