Overview
- Tutorial and self-contained, course-based text at graduate level
- Treats both theory and experiment
- Written by leading expert in the field
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 842)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Formalism: Description of Spin Polarization
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Front Matter
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Formalism - description of spin polarization
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Nuclear Reactions
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Devices
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Front Matter
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Methods
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Front Matter
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Applications
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Keywords
About this book
The measurement of spin-polarization observables in reactions of nuclei and particles is of great utility and advantage when the effects of single-spin sub-states are to be investigated. Indeed, the unpolarized differential cross-section encompasses the averaging over the spin states of the particles, and thus loses details of the interaction process. This introductory text combines, in a single volume, course-based lecture notes on spin physics and on polarized-ion sources with the aim of providing a concise yet self-contained starting point for newcomers to the field, as well as for lecturers in search of suitable material for their courses and seminars.
A significant part of the book is devoted to introducing the formal theory—a description of polarization and of nuclear reactions with polarized particles. The remainder of the text describes the physical basis of methods and devices necessary to perform experiments with polarized particles and to measure polarization and polarization effects in nuclear reactions. The book concludes with a brief review of modern applications in medicine and fusion energy research. For reasons of conciseness and of the pedagogical aims of this volume, examples are mainly taken from low-energy installations such as tandem Van de Graaff laboratories, although the emphasis of present research is shifting to medium- and high-energy nuclear physics. Consequently, this volume is restricted to describing non-relativistic processes and focuses on the energy range from astrophysical energies (a few keV) to tens of MeV. It is further restricted to polarimetry of hadronic particles.
Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Nuclear Physics with Polarized Particles
Authors: Hans Paetz gen. Schieck
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24226-7
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-24225-0Published: 02 November 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-24226-7Published: 01 November 2011
Series ISSN: 0075-8450
Series E-ISSN: 1616-6361
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 182
Number of Illustrations: 68 b/w illustrations
Topics: Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons, Measurement Science and Instrumentation, Quantum Physics