Modern Atomic And Nuclear Physics

"The textbook itself is the culmination of the authors' many years of teaching and research in atomic physics, nuclear and particle physics, and modern physics. It is also a crystallization of their intense passion and strong interest in the history of physics and the philosophy of science. Together with the solution manual which presents solutions to many end-of-chapter problems in the textbook, they are a valuable resource to the instructors and students working in the modern atomic field."--Publisher's website.

The book is the culmination of the authors' many years of teaching and research in atomic physics, nuclear and particle physics, and modern physics. It is also a crystallization of their intense passion and strong interest in the history of physics and the philosophy of science. The book gives students a broad perspective of the current understandings of the basic structures of matter from atoms, nucleus to leptons, quarks, and gluons along with the essential introductory quantum mechanics and special relativity. Fundamentals aside, the book retrospects the historical development and examines the challenging future directions of nuclear and particle physics. Interwoven within the content are up-to-date examples of very recent developments and future plans that show in detail how the techniques and ideas of atomic, nuclear, and particle physics have been used and are being used to solve important problems in basic and applied areas of physics, chemistry, and biology that are closely linked to the prevailing major societal problems in medicine, energy resources, new custom-made materials and environmental pollution, as well as areas that encroach the broad cultural and historical interest. The uncertain path of success and failure, opportunities seized and missed, and the axiom of probability and scientists' intuition in the unfolding human drama of scientific discovery are vividly presented. Throughout the highly perceptive book, readers, especially the students are encouraged to reflect on problems and ask questions. This textbook has a companion problems and solutions manual. They are available as a paperback set with Modern Atomic and Nuclear Physics (Revised Edition): Problems and Solutions Manual. Sample Chapter(s) Table of Contents (1,290 KB) Introduction (1,596 KB) Chapter 1: Theory of Relativity (4,342 KB) Chapter 2: The Configuration of the Atom: Rutherford's Model (7,574 KB) Chapter 12.4: Fission and Fusion: Atomic Energy Utilization (6,730 KB) Request Inspection Copy

"The textbook itself is the culmination of the authors' many years of teaching and research in atomic physics, nuclear and particle physics, and modern physics. It is also a crystallization of their intense passion and strong interest in the history of physics and the philosophy of science. Together with the solution manual which presents solutions to many end-of-chapter problems in the textbook, they are a valuable resource to the instructors and students working in the modern atomic field."--Publisher's website.

the book has been revised to include the postgraduate physics sylabi of indian Universities in addition to the undergraduate honours syllabi covered in the previous edition.Apart from the new addition made in the existing chapters have been added in this edition to deal with the quantum mechanical theories of atomic and molecular structure.

The present edition of the book is revised as per the UGC syllabus.Questions and problems at the end of each chapter have been up-dated.Many new solved examples are included in this edition.Certain topic have been added so that students from some universities where the syllabus has been modified and upgraded may benefit.Besides being a text book we hope that this benifit students appearing at the IAS,AMIE and other Competitive Examinations.