Nuclear Reactions

Preface

Part 1

Chapter I Early Successes and Difficulties


1.1 Simple Quantitative Ideas


1.2 Early Applications of Quantum Mechanics


1.3 Reactions with Neutrons

Chapter II The Compound Nucleus


2.1 The Theory of Breit and Wigner


2.2 Resonances in Nuclear Reactions


2.3 Statistical Properties of Resonances


2.4 The Statistical Model


2.5 Mean Cross-sections: the Continuum Model


2.6 Experiments and Their Analysis up to 1952

Chapter III The Optical Model


3.1 The Explanation of Feshbach, Porter and Weisskopf


3.2 Elastic Scattering Experiments and Optical Model Fits


3.3 Particle Propagation in the Optical Model

Chapter IV Nuclear Structure and Nuclear Forces


4.1 Nuclear Matter


4.2 The Shell Model


4.3 Collective Models

Chapter V Direct Interactions


5.1 Stripping


5.2 Inelastic Scattering


5.3 The (p,2p) Reaction

Bibliography

Part 2


1. "Discussion on the Structure of Atomic Nuclei"


2. "The Theory of the Effect of Resonance Levels on Artificial Disintegration"


3. "Neutron Capture and Nuclear Constitution"


4. "Capture of Slow Neutrons"


5. "Fluctuations of Nuclear Reaction Widths"


6. "The Scattering of High-energy Neutrons by Nuclei"


7. "Regularities in the Total Cross-sections for Fast Neutrons"


8. "Model for Nuclear Reactions with Neutrons"


9. "Nuclear Reactions at High Energies"


10. "Angular Distribution in (d, p) and (d, n) Reactions"


11. "Elastic and Inelastic Diffraction Scattering"


12. "Information Obtainable from (p, 2p) Reactions"

Index