"Black" nucleus approximation 334
282—283
Absorption of gamma rays 231—233
Absorption of neutrons 231—233
Absorption of thermal neutrons 339
Accelerators 239—243
Accelerators, cyclotron 240—243
Accelerators, tandem Van de Graaff 240
Accelerators, Van de Graaff 240 242—243
Activation analysis 386
Agriculture, radioactivity in 384
Allowed transitions 275 283—284
Alpha-particle emission 194 260—265
Alpha-particle emission energetics 194
Alpha-particle emission from compound nucleus 313 315—316
Alpha-particle emission in helium burning 396
Alpha-particle emission to excited states 263
Alpha-particle emission, barrier penetration in 263—265
Alpha-particle emission, reduced width for 260—263
Analog-to-digital converter (ADC) 220
Angular correlation 299—302
Angular distributions from compound nucleus 313
Angular distributions from direct reactions 353—362 371—374
Angular momentum conservation in collisions 85
Angular momentum of nuclear states (I), determination of, by angular-correlation studies 299—300
Angular momentum of nuclear states (I), determination of, by beta decay 283—284
Angular momentum of nuclear states (I), determination of, by direct nuclear reactions 360—362 364 369—373
Angular momentum of nuclear states (I), determination of, by gamma decay 298—299
Angular momentum of nuclear states (I), determination of, by internal conversion 309
Angular momentum of nuclear states (I), determination of, by isobaric analog state studies 367 368
Angular momentum of particle in a well 19—20
Angular momentum, addition of 26—27
Angular momentum, coupling of 121—123
Angular momentum, orbital 19—20
Angular momentum, orbital, z component of 24
Angular momentum, total 72
Angular momentum, total, z component of 72
Angular-momentum barrier see "Barrier penetration"
Angular-momentum transfer in direct reactions 353—355 358—361 366 369 372—378
Antenna patterns 299
Antineutrino 187—188
Antisymmetry of wave functions 37—38
Barn 201
Barrier penetration in alpha decay 263 265
Barrier penetration in beta decay 272 273 276
Barrier penetration in chemical reactions 389
Barrier penetration in electron capture 284—285
Barrier penetration in fission 265—267
Barrier penetration in gamma-ray emission 290
Barrier penetration in helium burning 396
Barrier penetration in neutron induced reactions 322
Barrier penetration in proton emission from compound nucleus 315 341 342
Barrier penetration in resonance reactions 331—332
Barrier penetration, angular momentum 255—258
Barrier penetration, coulomb 258—260
Barrier penetration, theory of 250—252
Bartlett force 44—46
Beta (deformation parameter) 154—155
Beta decay 187—192 269—287
Beta decay, applications of 198
Beta decay, double 190—191
Beta decay, energy spectrum 271—273
Beta decay, half-life 201—202
Beta decay, mass relations for 188—189
Beta decay, products 201
Beta decay, stability and 189—191 see
Beta stability, line of 189—190 192
Beta vibrations 151—156
Binding energy of deuteron 33—34 35
Binding energy of nuclei 160—172
Binding energy of nuclei, calculation from nucleon-nucleon force 172—174
Binding energy of nuclei, calculation from shell theory 172
Binding energy per nucleon 160—163 see
Biological effects of radiation 387 388
Bohr, A. 147
Bombs, atomic (fission) 337 407
Bombs, hydrogen 337 405
Bosons 51
Breit — Wigner formula 329 339
Breit, G. 60
Broken pairs 101—102
Brueckner, K.A. 65
Bubble chamber 211 223
Carbon cycle 394—395
Central force 41
Centrifugal stretching 150—151
Charge independence of nuclear force 60 136—143 see
Charge symmetry of nuclear force 158
Charge-exchange scattering 351 352 380
Chart of nuclides 201
Closed-shell nuclei 76 86 87
Closed-shell nuclei, first excited states of 113—114
Closed-shell nuclei, neutron capture in 339 401
Cloud chamber 211 223
Coherence effects in (p,i) reactions 371
Coherence effects in alpha decay 262
Coherence effects in gamma-ray emission 294
Coherence effects in pairing 95—96
Coherence effects in vibrational states 107 110
Coincidence measurements 233—236
Coincidence measurements, delayed 235—236
Collective states 110 see also "Rotional states" "Vibrational
Collision pattern, rhythmic see "Coherence effects"
Collisions 64—65 81—89 99 106—107 113 117 132 311—314 323—324
Collisions, rules for, in nuclei 84—85
Compound-nucleus reactions 311—348
Compound-nucleus reactions, classical treatment 311—313
Compound-nucleus reactions, induced by gamma rays 346—348
Compound-nucleus reactions, induced by low-energy neutrons 336—340
Compound-nucleus reactions, qualitative quantum treatment 313—316
Compound-nucleus reactions, resonances 325—332
Compound-nucleus reactions, statistical region 340—345
Compound-nucleus reactions, strength function 332—336
Configuration 91—93 105—107 134—135 315 see
Coulomb effects in beta decay 272
Coulomb effects in isobaric analog states 139
Coulomb effects in shell-theory potential 66—67 71 77—78 see
Coulomb effects on binding energy 162 165—166
Coulomb effects, penetration of barrier 258—260
Coulomb excitation 149 380—381
Critical mass 406
Cross section for specific nuclear reactions 329 331—333 343—344
Cross section reaction 316—322
Cross section reaction in resonance region 328—329
Cross section reaction in statistical region 341 342
Cross section, definition of 200
Cross section, total 201 330—331
Curies 199
Cyclotron 240—243
Cyclotron, spiral-ridge 241—242
d-d and d-t reactions 403—404
Dating, radioactive 244 337 383
Decay laws 196—198
Decay rate 196—199
Decay rate in complex decays 197—198
Decay rate, beta decay 282 393
Decay rate, electron capture 284—285
Decay rate, gamma-ray emission 296
Decay rate, gamma-ray emission, single-particle 290—293 295—297
Decay rate, internal conversion 305
Decay rate, nucleon emission 253 254 257 258 342 see
Decay, nuclear 185—199 205—206
Decay, nuclear, energy release in 161
Density distributions of nucleons 4
Density of states of emitted particles 269—271 345 see
Detectors 210—219
Detectors, bubble chamber 211
Detectors, charge collection 214—219
Detectors, cloud chamber 211
Detectors, efficiency of 231
| Detectors, gamma-ray 231—233
Detectors, geiger counter 217
Detectors, neutron 230—231 337
Detectors, photographic emulsions 211
Detectors, proportional counter 217
Detectors, scintillation 212—214 231—232
Detectors, semiconductor 218—219 231—232
Detectors, spark chamber 211—212
Deuteron 33—36
Deuteron, angular momentum of 36
Deuteron, binding energy of 33—35
Deuteron, magnetic moment of 40
Deuteron, quadrupole moment, electric 40
Deuteron, size 34
Dipole moment, electric 9 179
Dipole radiation, electric 288—290 292—294
Direct reactions 311 350—381
Direct reactions, angular distributions from 353—359
Direct reactions, charge exchange 351 352 380
Direct reactions, coulomb excitation 380—381
Direct reactions, inelastic scattering 375—380
Direct reactions, mechanisms in 350—353
Direct reactions, multinucleon transfer 373—375
Direct reactions, one-nucleon transfer 356 359—366
Direct reactions, two-nucleon transfer 369—375
Distorted-wave Born approximation (DWBA) 356—359
Distorted-wave Born approximation (DWBA), charge-exchange reactions 380
Distorted-wave Born approximation (DWBA), finite range effects 358
Distorted-wave Born approximation (DWBA), nonlocal interactions 359
Distorted-wave Born approximation (DWBA), stripping reactions 356—357 361
Doppler-shift attenuation method 238—239
Double beta decay 190—191
Drift velocity 214
Drip lines 192—193
effective mass 69—72 79—80 173
Effective range 52
Effective thermal energy 390—391
Elastic scattering 316—324 328—329 336—337 359 375 376
Electric multipole radiation 288—295
Electromagnetic decay processes 185—187 see "Internal
Electron capture 188 284—285
Electron capture in formation of neutron stars 398—399
Elements, origin of 396—403
Elements, origin of, helium burning 396—397
Elements, origin of, neutron capture 400—402
Elements, origin of, other processes 402—403
Elements, origin of, proton capture 402
Elements, origin of, silicon burning 398—399
Energy distribution of electrons in beta decay 270—273
Energy distribution of internal-conversion electrons 305—309
Energy distribution of particles emitted from compound nucleus 312—313 315 340—342 344—345
Energy distribution of particles from direct reactions 360
Energy gap 94—97 105 114 169—170
Energy gap, determination of 169—170
Energy levels in Pd isotopes 133—134
Energy levels in shell-theory potential 73—75 120
Energy levels in shell-theory potential, filling of 75—76
Energy levels in Sn isotopes 130—133
Energy levels in square well 14—17
Energy levels in three-dimensional well 19—23
Energy levels in well of complex shape 18—19
Energy levels of 157
Energy levels of 153
Energy levels of two nucleon system 32—33 34
Energy loss of charged particles 205—210
Energy measurements 219—223
Energy measurements by magnetic analysis 222
Energy measurements from pulse heights 219—220
Energy measurements of gamma rays 231—232
Energy measurements of neutrons 230—231 236
Energy measurements with ionization chamber 217
Energy measurements with proportional counter 217
Energy measurements with scintillation detectors 214
Energy measurements, energy resolution in 220—222
Energy production in fission reactions 405—407
Energy production in stars 392—395
Energy production with radioactive sources 386—387
Energy production with thermonuclear reactions 388—396 403—405
Energy resolution in magnetic analysis 222
Energy resolution of detectors 220—222
Energy resolution of gas counters 222
Energy resolution of scintillators 222
Energy resolution of semiconductor detectors 222
Energy spacings between levels see "Level density"
Energy spacings between orbits in shell-theory potential 85
Energy spacings between shells 78—80 85 118—120
Energy spacings between states (D) 326—327 332—334
Entropy, nuclear 117 341
Even-even nuclei, excited states of 105—118
Even-even nuclei, excited states of, noncollective 116—118
Even-even nuclei, excited states of, vibrational 107—116
Even-even nuclei, ground states of 97—101
Even-even nuclei, spheroidal 147—156
Exchange forces 42—46 58
expectation value 29
Experimental methods 204—244
Experimental methods, simplicity of 204—206
Fermi factor 272—273
Fermi gas 117
Fermi transition 276—282
Fermi — Kurie plot 272—273
Field particle 48
Fields, electromagnetic radiation 186
Fields, electron-neutrino 269
Fields, meson 47—48 50
Fission 195 244 263 265—267 338 405
Forbidden transitions 275 283—284
Four-quasi-particle (4QP) states 111
Gamma (deformation parameter) 154—155
Gamma rays 185—187 288—304
Gamma rays, reactions induced by 346—348
Gamma vibrations 151—156
Gamow — Teller transition 276—282
Geiger counter 217
Gyromagnetic ratio (g) 8—9 174
Half-life 196—197 205—206
Half-life, alpha decay 265
Half-life, beta decay 282
Half-life, fission 265
Half-life, isomerism 302—304
Half-life, measurement of 238
Half-life, nucleon emission 253
Half-life, partial 197
Half-life, use in isotope identification 243
Hamada — Johnston potential 56—58
Hartree — Fock calculations 172—174
Heisenberg force 44—46
Helium burning 396—397
Imaginary potential (W) 322—324
Imaginary potential (W) and collision frequency 323
Imaginary potential (W) and mean free path 322
Imaginary potential (W) from elastic scattering 318
Imaginary potential (W) from strength function 334—335
Imaginary potential (W) from stripping reactions 363
Imaginary potential (W), r dependence 323
Industrial processes, radioactivity in 387
Internal conversion 186—187 298 301 304—309
Internal pair formation 187 298
Ion source 239
Ionization chamber 214—217
Ionization potential 207—208
Isobaric analog states 137—143
Isobaric analog states in (p,n) reactions 378 380
Isobaric analog states in A=14 139—140
Isobaric analog states in A=7 140
Isobaric analog states in beta decay 278 281
Isobaric analog states in N=Z nuclei 140
Isobaric analog states in Pb-Bi 140—141
Isobaric analog states, coulomb-energy differences of 139 379
Isobaric analog states, elastic scattering via 367—368 370
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