Nuclear Physics 101

Reading List

Books:

1. Modern Quantum Mechanics, J.J. Sakurai
2. Theoretical Nuclear Physics, John M. Blatt and Victor F. Weisskopf
3. Classical Electrodynamics, John David Jackson
4. The Principle of Quantum Mechanics, P.A.M. Dirac
5. Vector and Tensor analysis, A.I. Borisenko and I.E. Tarapov
6. An introduction to the physics of nuclei and particles, Richard A. Dunlap
7. Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics, Ashok Das, Thomas Ferbel,
8. Scattering Theory, John R. Taylor
9. Quantum Theory of Angular Momentum, D. A. Varshalovich, A. N. Moskalev
10. Schaum’s Outline of Tensor Calculus, David C. Kay
11. Atomic Structure Theory, Walter R. Johnson
12. Particles and Nuclei, Christoph Scholz, Klaus Rith, Bogdan Povh
13. Introductory Nuclear Physics, Kenneth S. Krane
14. Basic ideas and concepts in nuclear physics, Kris Heyde
15. Atomic Physics, Dmitry Budker, Derek F. Kimball, David P. DeMille
16. Spin Dynamics, Malcolm H. Levitt
17. Introductory Nuclear Physics, Samuel S. M. Wong
18. Atomic Physics, Christopher J. Foot
19. Subatomic Physics, Alejandro Garcia, Ernest M. Henley
20. Nuclear Structure from a Simple Perspective, Richard F. Casten
21. Statistical Mechanics, Huang
22. Modern Nuclear Physics, Alexandre Obertelli and Hiroyuki Sagawa
23. Nuclear Physics of Stars, Christian Lliadis
24. Cauldrons in the Cosmos, Claus E. Rolfs and William S. Rodney
25. Nuclear shell theory, Amos de-Shalit and Igal Talmi
26. The theory of the nuclear shell model, R. D. Lawson
27. The Nuclear Many-Body Problem, R. Ring and P. Schuck
28. Modern Quantum Chemistry, Attila Szabo and Neil S. Ostlund (a very good book for the Hartree-Fork)