Shapes and Shells in Nuclear Structure (Paperback, Revised)

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Charge and matter distribution in nuclei; 3. The semi-empirical mass formula and nuclear stability; 4. Nuclear fission and the liquid-drop model; 5. Shell structure and magic numbers; 6. The nuclear one-particle potential in the spherical case; 7. The magnetic dipole moment and electric quadrupole moment for nuclei with closed shells +/- one nucleon; 8. Single-particle orbitals in deformed nuclei; 9. The shell correction method and the nuclear deformation energy; 10. The barrier penetration problem - fission and alpha-decay; 11. Rotational bands - the particle-rotor model; 12. Fast nuclear rotation - the cranking model; 13. The nucleon-nucleon two-body interaction; 14. The pairing interaction; Solutions to exercises.