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Is Fermi's Nuclear Physics still relevant as an entry level textbook? [closed]
As a quantum/theoretical chemist, I am eager to broaden my understanding of quantum phenomena. Fermi's Nuclear Physics book from 1950 seems like an important text.
However, seing it is 70+ years old, ...
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Confused by coefficients that don't list their units
Let's suppose we calculate the energy released by the decay/fission of 1 kilogram of plutonium-239. Can we find the energy released in one kilogram of decay?
Wikipedia says there's $3.318*\times10^{-...
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Lecture notes by Rudolf Mössbauer
Rudolf Mössbauer was an excellent lecturer. He gave lectures on Neutrino Physics, Neutrino Oscillations, The Unification of the Electromagnetic and Weak Interactions and The Interaction of Photons and ...
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Source for this very well known figure or similar figure for nuclear matter distribution
I'm doing some presentation and I would like to use this figure
which I saw in multiple presentations and in textbooks. The problem is I never see its reference cited and I would like to find it ...
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On the construction of atomic kernels
Can anybody point me to an English translation of Heisenberg’s three part paper Über den Bau der Atomkerne?
Failing that, can you point me to a non-paywalled German version of part III? I have parts ...
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Did Don Borghi's experiment show that neutrons can be synthesized purely from protons and electrons?
C. Borghi, C. Giori, and A. Dall'Olio published an article entitled "Experimental evidence of emission of neutrons from cold hydrogen plasma" appearing in Yad. Fiz. 56, 147-156 (July 1993) and Phys. ...
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Original Paper on Slow Neutron Capture by Fermi?
I was wondering what the title of his original publication on Neutron capture was. I've found his Nobel lecture but I want to read his initial publication. A title would be most appreciated.
It's ...
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Internuclear Binding Force: Experimental geometric detail
I am looking for the most precise currently available deuterium potential energy curve (generated purely by experimental data) on the nucleon-nucleon scale. This is crucial. I need a radial cross-...
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Why are pear-shaped nuclei possible?
In a recent question, Ben Crowell raised an observation which really puzzled me. I obtained a partial answer by looking in the literature, but I would like to know if it's on the right track, and a ...
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References for nuclear masses, mass deficits, decay rates and modes
Where can I find the base data for computing the energy release of nuclear decays and the spectra of the decay products?
My immediate need is to find the energy release by the beta decay of Thorium ...
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"Dear radioactive ladies and gentlemen" - Letter by Wolfgang Pauli
In 1930, Wolfgang Pauli wrote a letter to Lise Meitner for a convention in Tübingen, considering the problem of beta decay.
Does anybody know, where to find the original letter online ?
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