Encyclopedia of Nuclear Physics and its Applications

This book fills the need for a coherent work combining carefully reviewed articles into a comprehensive overview accessible to research groups and lecturers. Next to fundamental physics, contributions on topical medical and material science issues are included.

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Professor Reinhard Stock has worked for many years at the Nuclear Research Centre CERN in Geneva, where he performed research on the early universe's plasma state as derived from the results of collision experiments. In 1989 he was awarded the Leibniz Prize. Until his retirement he was professor at the High Energy and Particle Physics Department of the Goethe University of Frankfurt. He has authored more than 180 papers.

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The Encyclopedia of Nuclear Physics and its Applications intends to fill the need for a coherent overview of fundamental and applied nuclear science, in the form of topical monographic review articles useful to students, research groups and lecturers, but also accessible to a wider, scientifically interested readership. Next to articles on fundamental physics, contributions on interdisciplinary science are included, covering the fields of astrophysics, material analysis and nuclear medicine. The book ends with a comprehensive introduction to the topic of nuclear power generation.

From the contents:

Part A: Fundamental Nuclear Research
• Nuclear Structure
• Nuclear Reactions
• Electrostatic Accelerators
• Linear Accelerators
• Exotic Nuclear Beam Facilities
• Superheavy Nuclei
• Nuclear -Spectroscopy and the -Spheres
• Optics and Nuclear Photonics
• The Proton
• Physics of the Neutron
• Neutrino Astrophysics
• Nuclear Astrophysics
• Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions

Part B: Applied Nuclear Physics
• Neutron Stars
• Supernovae and their Nucleosynthesis
• Accelerator Mass Spectrometry and its Applications
• Nuclear Medicine
• Cancer Therapy with Ion Beams

Part C: Nuclear Power
• The Physics of Nuclear Power from Fission and Fusion
• Fundamentals of Controlled Nuclear Fission and Essential Characteristics of Pressurized-Water Reactors
• Generation IV Nuclear Reactors
• Transmutation of High-Level Nuclear Waste by Means of Accelerator Driven System (ADS)
• Fusion Energy by Magnetic Confinement
• Heavy Ion Inertial Fusion

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PART A: Fundamental Nuclear Research

1. Nuclear Structure
2. Nuclear Reactions
3. Electrostatic Accelerators
4. Linear Accelerators
5. Exotic Nuclear Beam Facilities
6. Superheavy Nuclei
7. Nuclear y-Spectroscopy and the y-Spheres
8. y-Optics and Nuclear Photonics
9. The Proton
10. Physics of the Neutron
11. Neutrino Astrophysics
12. Nuclear Astrophysics

13. Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions

    PART B: Applied Nuclear Physics

14. Neutron Stars
15. Supernovae and their Nucleosythesis
16. Accelerator Mass Spectrometry and its Applications
17. Nuclear Medicine

18. Cancer Therapy with Ion Beams

    PART C: Nuclear Power

19. The Physics of Nuclear Power from Fission and Fusion
20. Fundamentals of Controlled Nuclear Fission and Essential Characteristics of Pressurized-Water Reactors
21. Generation IV Nuclear Reactors
22. Transmutation of High-Level Nuclear Waste by Means of Accelerator Driven System (ADS)
23. Fusion Energy by Magnetic Confinement
24. Heavy Ion Inertial Fusion