Fundamentals of nuclear physics and its applications for engineering students. Basic properties of the nucleus and nuclear radiations. The binding energy and nuclear stability based on liquid drop model; elementary quantum mechanical calculations of the bound-state energies, transition probabilities, scattering cross sections, and transmission probability through an energy barrier; deuteron problem and n-p scattering cross section; interactions of charged particles, gamma rays and neutrons with matter; radioactive decays; general properties of nuclear cross-section and applications.

References in the Order of Usefulness

Marmier, Pierre, and Eric Sheldon. Physics of Nuclei and Particles. Vol. 1. San Diego: Academic Press, 1986. ISBN: 0124731015.

Evans, Robley D. The Atomic Nucleus. Temecula: Textbook Publishers, 2003. ISBN: 0758184115.

Krane, Kenneth S. Introductory Nuclear Physics. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1987. ISBN: 047180553X.

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