PHYS 30121 Introduction to nuclear and particle physics

Textbooks

Nuclear and particle physics

The main recommended book for this course is:

B. R. Martin, Nuclear and particle physics: an introduction, 2nd ed (Wiley, 2008)

corrections and clarifications

Martin follows a similar approach to the one I take in this course, stressing the links between the areas. Other books that cover both areas include:

E. M. Henley and A. Garcia, Subatomic physics, (World Scientific, 2007)

B. Povh, K. Rith, C. Scholz and F. Zetsch, Particles and nuclei, 6th ed (Springer, 2008)

There are also books on the individual areas that will be useful in the courses next semester. I may refer to these when I want to discuss topics more deeply than Martin's book does.

K. S. Krane, Introductory nuclear physics, (Wiley, 1988)

S. S. M. Wong, Introductory nuclear physics, 2nd ed (Wiley, 1998)

B. R. Martin and G. Shaw, Particle physics, 3rd ed (Wiley, 2008)

D. H. Perkins, Introduction to High Energy Physics, 4th ed (CUP, 2000)

A very good history of the subject (by a physicist) is:

A. Pais, Inward bound: Of matter and forces in the physical world (OUP, 1986)

Reading list at the University Library (with link to the online version of the book by Martin)

4th October 2016

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