Recently a symbiotic relationship between particle and nuclear physics
has developed, with techniques and ideas from one field fertilizing
developments in the other. This work outlines concepts from modern
particle physics important to the current understanding of nuclear
physics and reviews experiments involving nuclei which have influenced
the present particle physics view of the weak interaction. In his
discussion, the author summarizes both past and present activity in the
field and identifies areas for future work. Familiarity with quantum
mechanics is assumed in the presentation of ideas in this book intended
for readers at the graduate level and beyond. A major goal of Weak
Interactions in Nuclei is to encourage further activity at the
intersection of particle and nuclear physics, two path-breaking areas of
study in modern physics.
Originally published in 1989.
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