CDCC method for break-up cross sections
Is anyone familiar with the Continuum Discretized coupled channels method commonly used to compute breakup cross section of weakly bound projectiles? Some authors talk about including target...
View ArticleHow does the discrete energies of alpha and gamma rays prove the existence of...
I was reading up about Nuclear Energy Levels and came up with the aforementioned question. To me, there seems to be no direct connection between the two statements and therefore, I would like to know...
View ArticleThermionic emission
I have a pretty basic question regarding the beam of electrons as a result of thermionic emission. In an electron gun, the emitted electrons from the cathode become incident at a point on the other end...
View ArticleIs there any experimental evidence to distinguish the total gravitational...
I know that the sum of the mass of the two proton is greater than the mass of a helium nucleus (two proton). As the mass different is transformed into energy by the Einstein mass energy-equivalence. If...
View ArticleWhy do we use Bequerel to measure Radioactivity in food? [closed]
Wouldn’t it be better to use the equivalent dose?
View ArticleCollision with a stationary Hydrogen atom [closed]
Can some explain me what happens when an electron or neutron collides with stationary Hydrogen atom? What are conditions for elastic and inelastic condition? For example, how to tackle following...
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Find the Energy release in this Nuclear Reaction (Fission)
Plutonium undergoes nuclear fission according to the equation below: The value of $x=3$. The question is to estimate the energy released in this reaction. I know the Binding Energy per nucleon ($B$) of...
View ArticleProject Orion pusher plate computer modeling
Linked from the space.stackexchange forum: http://space.stackexchange.com/questions/15051/orion-project-npp-pusher-plate-computer-models-and-survivability Project Orion is discussed as if it is a...
View ArticleArrangement of Nucleons due to Strong Force
I was reading up on the fundamental forces of nature and I was wondering about the arrangements of nucleons due to the strong force. Considering electromagnetic repulsion, having 2 protons “bonding”...
View ArticleWhy are the dineutron and diproton unbound?
It is known that there is no diproton and dineutron nuclei. Does this mean that two protons or neutrons are not actually attracted to each other? Even if the attraction was weak, wouldn’t it cause...
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