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Index 615<br />

outlook, 567<br />

Nuclear structure data, xiv<br />

Nuclei far from stability, 537–538<br />

Nucleon<br />

isospin, see Isospin of nucleons<br />

Nucleon-nucleon interaction, 434–442<br />

Nucleosynthesis<br />

primordial, 581, 585–586<br />

stellar, 586–592<br />

supernovae, 589<br />

Nuclide, 106<br />

Oblate, 436, 437<br />

Observable, 197, 199, 200, 217<br />

conserved, 199<br />

Octet, 480<br />

Omega<br />

vector meson, 442, 473, 477, 482<br />

Ω − , see Omega particle<br />

ω 0 meson, see Omega vector meson<br />

Omega particle, 7, 207, 214, 219, 473, 481<br />

(anti-)in dK + , 112<br />

One-pion exchange potential, 441<br />

Opacity<br />

in high-energy collisions, 448<br />

Operator<br />

hermitian, 198, 277<br />

observable, 200<br />

transformation, 200<br />

Operators<br />

antiunitary, 258, 271<br />

Optical potential, 541<br />

Optical theorem, 175, 180, 183<br />

Orders of magnitude, 1<br />

Oscillations, 260–268<br />

neutral kaons, 263–268<br />

Oscillator, see Harmonic oscillator<br />

OZI rule, 492<br />

Pair production, 45<br />

Pairing, 562<br />

energy, 534<br />

interaction, 523, 534, 538<br />

Parameters<br />

in signal processing, 70<br />

Parity, 239–243<br />

breakdown, 247–252<br />

conservation by electromagnetic int.,<br />

248<br />

conservation by strong int., 248<br />

intrinsic, 243–247<br />

of antiboson, 246<br />

operation, 239<br />

tau and theta particles, 249<br />

Particle structure<br />

and charge distribution, 290<br />

Particles and nuclei, 77<br />

Particles properties<br />

baryons, 105–108<br />

excited states, 122<br />

charge, 84<br />

decays, 98–102<br />

excited states, 118<br />

fermions and bosons, 79<br />

Gauge bosons, 112<br />

leptons, 97–98<br />

magnetic dipole moment, 84–87<br />

mass and spin, 79–83<br />

mesons, 103–105<br />

quarks and gluons, 112<br />

Partons, 165<br />

Passage of radiation through matter, 39–52<br />

Pauli exclusion principle, 83, 96, 534, 595<br />

PDG<br />

Particle Data Group, xiii<br />

Phase space, 122, 286–289, 338, 377<br />

spectrum, 91<br />

Phi meson, 310, 473, 477, 482<br />

φ 0 meson, see Phi meson<br />

Phonons, 561<br />

Photino, 459<br />

Photoelectric effect, 45, 55<br />

Photomultiplier, 55, 56, 58<br />

Photon, 94, 384, 400, 581, 585, 594, 598<br />

absorption, 39–52<br />

angular momentum of, 95<br />

as gauge particle, 386<br />

bare, 320<br />

emission, 292–299<br />

hadronization, 317–323<br />

helicity, 97, 210<br />

in early universe, 581<br />

loss in matter, 45<br />

polarization, 298<br />

solar<br />

age of, 601<br />

spin, 83<br />

spin of, 95<br />

virtual, 104, 148<br />

Photon-exchange term, 304<br />

Pion, 7, 9, 77, 78, 83, 90, 91, 102, 103, 105,<br />

107, 115, 118, 126, 130, 133, 150,<br />

154, 189, 192, 210, 212, 214, 279,<br />

307, 309, 316, 318, 473, 477, 478,<br />

490, 494, 511, 594, 598, 607<br />

charge exchange, 569<br />

charge radius, 160<br />

decay, 347, 377<br />

exchange of, 443<br />

isospin, 229<br />

parity, 243, 244<br />

photoproduction, 426<br />

virtual, 159<br />

Pion-nucleon interaction, 236, 421, 425, 430<br />

Pion-pion interaction, 421

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