Description
A well-designed introduction to experimental and theoretical nuclear physics that will help graduate students and researchers alike bridge the gap between what is known about nucleon-meson nuclear physics and what will be learned from future research in quark-lepton nuclear physics. The book describes nuclear physics in terms of hadron-meson dynamics and then in terms of quark-lepton dynamics. Chapters cover such topics as elastic and inelastic scattering; spin-isospin responses and charge exchange reactions; giant resonances; nuclear clusters; and nuclear physics with strange flavor. The book covers each subject from the experimental and theoretical point of view and each chapter, written by a leaders in the field, includes enough prerequisite material to make the subject matter easily accessible to graduate-level students as well as researchers changing fields. Professor Hiroyasu Ejiri, Director of Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, JAPAN Tel +81 6 879 8900; fax: +81 6 879 8899; email: ejiri@rcnp.osaka-u.ac.jp Professor Hiroshi Toki, Professor of Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, JAPAN Tel +81 6 879 8941; fax: +81 6 879 8898; email: toki@rcnp.osaka-u.ac.jp
