Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
Saverio D’Auria
Introduction
to Nuclear
and Particle
Physics
,Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
,Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics (ULNP) publishes authoritative texts cov-
ering topics throughout pure and applied physics. Each title in the series is suitable
as a basis for undergraduate instruction, typically containing practice problems,
worked examples, chapter summaries, and suggestions for further reading.
ULNP titles must provide at least one of the following:
• An exceptionally clear and concise treatment of a standard undergraduate subject.
• A solid undergraduate-level introduction to a graduate, advanced, or non-
standard subject.
• A novel perspective or an unusual approach to teaching a subject.
ULNP especially encourages new, original, and idiosyncratic approaches to physics
teaching at the undergraduate level.
The purpose of ULNP is to provide intriguing, absorbing books that will continue
to be the reader’s preferred reference throughout their academic career.
Series editors
Neil Ashby
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
William Brantley
Department of Physics, Furman University, Greenville, SC, USA
Matthew Deady
Physics Program, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, USA
Michael Fowler
Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Morten Hjorth-Jensen
Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Michael Inglis
SUNY-State University of New York, Selden, NY, USA
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/8917
, Saverio D’Auria
Introduction to Nuclear
and Particle Physics
123
Saverio D’Auria
Introduction
to Nuclear
and Particle
Physics
,Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
,Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics (ULNP) publishes authoritative texts cov-
ering topics throughout pure and applied physics. Each title in the series is suitable
as a basis for undergraduate instruction, typically containing practice problems,
worked examples, chapter summaries, and suggestions for further reading.
ULNP titles must provide at least one of the following:
• An exceptionally clear and concise treatment of a standard undergraduate subject.
• A solid undergraduate-level introduction to a graduate, advanced, or non-
standard subject.
• A novel perspective or an unusual approach to teaching a subject.
ULNP especially encourages new, original, and idiosyncratic approaches to physics
teaching at the undergraduate level.
The purpose of ULNP is to provide intriguing, absorbing books that will continue
to be the reader’s preferred reference throughout their academic career.
Series editors
Neil Ashby
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
William Brantley
Department of Physics, Furman University, Greenville, SC, USA
Matthew Deady
Physics Program, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, USA
Michael Fowler
Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Morten Hjorth-Jensen
Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Michael Inglis
SUNY-State University of New York, Selden, NY, USA
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/8917
, Saverio D’Auria
Introduction to Nuclear
and Particle Physics
123
