Norman D. Cook, «Models of the Atomic Nucleus: With Interactive Software»
Springer | ISBN 3540285695 | 2006 Year | PDF | 6,02 Mb | 288 Pages
This book supplies users with an interactive experience for nuclear visualization via a computer-graphical interface, similar in principle to the molecular visualizations already available in chemistry. Models of the Atomic Nucleus, a largely non-technical introduction to nuclear theory, explains the nucleus in a way that makes nuclear physics as comprehensible as chemistry or cell biology. The book/software supplements virtually any of the current textbooks in nuclear physics by providing a means for 3D visual display of the diverse models of nuclear structure. For the first time, an easy-to-master software for scientific visualization of the nucleus makes this notoriously "non-visual" field become immediately ‘visible.’ After a review of the basics, the book explores and compares the competing models, and addresses how the lattice model best resolves remaining controversies.