Advances in Nuclear Physics (Advances in the Physics of Particles and Nuclei)
Contributors: J.W. Negele (Editor); Erich W. Vogt (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: September 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9780306466854
Subjects: Nuclear structure physics; Science; Science/Mathematics; Mathematical Physics; Nuclear Physics; Science / Nuclear Physics; Science : Mathematical Physics; Physics
First sentence: Attempting to understand the origin of the intrinsic spin of the proton and neutron has been an active area of both experimental and theoretical research for the past twenty years.
Description: This volume contains three review articles written by some of the foremost experts in the world and pertaining to three different problems of great current interest for nuclear physics. One article deals with the origin of spin in the quark model for neutrons and protons, as measured with beams of electrons and muons. Another deals with the current evidence for liquid-to-gas phase transitions in relativistic collisions of nuclei. The third deals with the very unusual bands of energy levels of very high spin which are found when nuclei achieve a very high rotation.