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Synopsis
This book provides a useful survey and assessment of the study of low-energy collective and single particle excitations of medium and heavy nuclei. An ideal resource for graduate students, the book covers both experimental and theoretical perspectives. The author's simple intuitive approach will help the reader to understand the empirical systematics as well as detailed model calculations, without recourse to complex—and often—confusing formalism.
Booknews
Avoiding complicated calculations and complex mathematical formalism, this textbook explains nuclear structure by building on a few basic ideas. Topics like shell model residual interactions, the Nilsson model, and RPA analysis of collective vibrations are explained in ways such that predictions can be made by inspection rather than calculation. This edition includes chapters on exotic nuclei and radioactive beams, and on the evolution of structure. Casten teaches physics at Yale University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)