Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics (Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics) by Saverio D’Auria | (PDF) Free Download

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This textbook fills the gap between the very basic and the highly advanced volumes that are widely available on the subject. It offers a concise but comprehensive overview of a number of topics, like general relativity, fission and fusion, which are otherwise only available with much more detail in other textbooks. Providing a general introduction to the underlying concepts (relativity, fission and fusion, fundamental forces), it allows readers to develop an idea of what these two research fields really involve. The book uses real-world examples to make the subject more attractive and encourage the use of mathematical formulae. Besides short scientists’ biographies, diagrams, end-of-chapter problems and worked solutions are also included.Intended mainly for students of scientific disciplines such as physics and chemistry who want to learn about the subject and/or the related techniques, it is also useful to high school teachers wanting to refresh or update their knowledge and to interested non-experts.

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⭐I wanted a reasonably up to date summary of particle physics. I’m a retired research chemist and try to remain informed.I am no expert on particle physics but I soon spotted many grammatical errors and omissions in the text, which made me think that the author had just typed it in and sent it off for printing.The first paragraph of chapter 4 ends with the sentence, “In the beta decay (Fig 4.2), an electron or a positron is emitted, and the resulting daughter nucleus has an atomic number lower by one unit, while the mass number remains unchanged (Table 4.1).” His table gives the detail of how the atomic number changes correctly but I think this sentence is an inadequate summary. Emission of an electron increases the atomic number by 1 and positron emission decreases it by 1. And he doesn’t mention K capture. I’m no expert but this is A level science. There’s a glossary of mathematical “Math Coventions” on pxi which lists the Greek alphabet and some physical constants, but throughout the book he reels off many formulae without defining what all the variables mean. He goes into more detail when describing bits of relativity like the Lorentz transformation. I think he must be a mathematician or wrote the book for mathematicians. I don’t think anyone proof read this book.

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