1. Introduction to the history of nuclear reactions and motivation for this book -- 1.1. Background -- 1.2. Nuclear atom -- 1.3. The first transmutation reaction -- 1.4. Discovery of neutron -- 1.5. Artificial radioactivity -- 1.6. Strong nuclear force -- 1.7. New isotopes -- 1.8. Discovery of fission -- 1.9. Self-sustained fission chain reaction -- 1.10. Fusion reaction -- 1.11. Accelerators -- 1.12. Particle accelerators in India -- 1.13. Radiation detectors -- 1.14. Study of reaction mechanism -- 1.15. Statistical reactions -- 1.16. Experimental verification of independence of formation and decay of compound nucleus -- 1.17. Particle spectra -- 1.18. Experimentally measured energy spectrum of ejectiles -- 1.19. Motivation 2. Characteristics of binary nuclear reactions -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Classification of nuclear reactions -- 2.3. Conservation laws for nuclear reactions -- 2.4. Quantities not conserved in nuclear reactions -- 2.5. Nuclear reactions versus chemical reactions -- 2.6. Energetics of nuclear reactions -- 2.7. Centre-of-mass frame of reference -- 2.8. Cross-section 3. Theoretical formulation of compound and pre-compound emission -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Compound reaction mechanism -- 3.3. Verification of Bohr's independent hypothesis -- 3.4. Theoretical formulation -- 3.5. Hauser-Feshbach formulations -- 3.6. Weisskopf-Ewing formulation -- 3.7. Nuclear level density -- 3.8. Pre-equilibrium emission 4. Models for pre-equilibrium emission -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Intra-nuclear cascade model (INC) -- 4.3. The exciton model -- 4.4. Harp-Miller-Berne (HMB) model -- 4.5. Hybrid model -- 4.6. Quantum mechanical model for pre-equilibrium process -- 4.7. Computer codes 5. Experimental measurements -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Neutron induced reactions -- 5.3. Proton induced reactions -- 5.4. Alpha induced reactions -- 5.5. Heavy-ion induced reactions -- 5.6. In-beam studies of the pre-equilibrium emission 6. Data analysis, parameterisation of pre-equilibrium fraction -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Pre-equilibrium fraction -- 6.3. Energy dependence in light-particle-induced reactions -- 6.4. Dependence of relative magnitudes of fR and fCN on energy -- 6.5. Systematics of pre-equilibrium fraction in odd Z and odd A nuclei -- 6.6. Systematics for heavy-ion induced reactions -- 6.7. Pre-equilibrium component from recoil range distribution (RRD) -- 6.8. Pre-equilibrium component from spin distribution measurement -- 6.9. Pre-equilibrium emission and synthesis of SHE -- 6.10. Future perspective.
This book discusses in detail the phenomena of pre-equilibrium emission in statistical nuclear reactions. It serves as an experimental manual for beginners in the field of accelerator-based research, and as a source of complete information on the topic.
Post graduate students studying in accelerator based experimental physics and dedicated researchers working in the field of nuclear reaction studies.
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Professor B.P. Singh is a Professor and Chairperson of the Physics Department, Aligarh Muslim University, India. Dr. Manoj K. Sharma is a Professor at the Department of Physics, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India. Professor R. Prasad is an emeritus professor of Physics, Ex-Dean, Faculty of Science and Ex-Chairman, department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), India.
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Nuclear reactions. Nuclear physics. Particle and nuclear physics.