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Index 617<br />

poles, 494<br />

recurrences, 489<br />

trajectory, 489, 498, 574<br />

Relativistic<br />

invariants, 164<br />

scalars, 164<br />

Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions, 511–515<br />

Relativity, 3–4, 103<br />

basic equations, 4–8<br />

photon spin and, 96<br />

Relic neutrinos, 581<br />

Repulsion, 442<br />

Repulsive core, 595<br />

Residual interaction, 522, 534, 535, 562, 564,<br />

565<br />

Resonances, 118<br />

J/ψ, 314<br />

3–3 resonance, 428<br />

delta, 128<br />

excited nucleons, 427<br />

Gamow–Teller, 565<br />

giant, 564–567<br />

giant dipole, 564<br />

isobaric analog, 535–537<br />

isovector dipole, 564<br />

J/ψ, 216<br />

octupole, 564<br />

quadrupole, 564<br />

Upsilon, 216<br />

widths, 121<br />

Rest energy, 4, 14<br />

RHIC, 21, 511<br />

ρ meson, see Rho meson<br />

Rho meson, 90, 279, 309, 310, 318, 477, 482<br />

Rigid rotator, 550<br />

Root-mean-square radius, 144<br />

Rosenbluth<br />

formula, 155<br />

plot, 157<br />

Rotational invariance, 221–223<br />

Rotations<br />

band head, 553<br />

degeneracy, 556<br />

of nuclei, 544–558<br />

rotational bands, 544, 552<br />

rotational families, 551<br />

rotational states, 548<br />

spectra, 547–551<br />

Russell-Saunders coupling, 533<br />

Rutherford scattering, 136–139, 305, 306,<br />

354<br />

S-process nucleosynthesis, 591<br />

Saturation, 435<br />

Scale invariance<br />

in high-energy collisions, 449<br />

Scaling property, 168<br />

Scattering<br />

amplitude, 136, 137, 172–175, 177, 180,<br />

182, 186, 188, 193, 326, 424, 429,<br />

457<br />

and structure, 172<br />

Born approximation, 177–178<br />

chamber, 143<br />

diffraction, 178<br />

elastic, 135–136<br />

Glauber approximation, 185–189<br />

inclusive, 373<br />

inelastic, 161–162<br />

integral equation, 176–177<br />

length, 457<br />

of leptons, 303–306<br />

profile function, 180–184<br />

shadow effect, 188<br />

Schrödinger equation, 140, 173, 176, 177,<br />

197–199, 201, 204–206, 241, 256,<br />

257, 260, 262, 272, 281–283, 287,<br />

322, 383–385, 387, 391, 395, 401,<br />

471, 484, 492, 524<br />

Scintillation counters, 53–56<br />

Scissors mode<br />

collective vibrations, 562<br />

Screening, 454<br />

Sea quarks, 170<br />

See-saw mechanism, 365, 602<br />

Selection rules, 102<br />

Semiconductor detectors, 59–60<br />

Seniority, 563<br />

Separation energy, 517, 522<br />

Shadow<br />

effect, 188<br />

plane, 180<br />

Shape oscillations, see Vibrations<br />

Shell model, 521–542<br />

closed shells, 524–529<br />

deformed potential, 535<br />

deformed well, 522<br />

extended calculations, 534<br />

harmonic oscillator, 525<br />

magic numbers, 521–524<br />

pairing, 523, 534<br />

residual interaction, 522, 534<br />

single particle, 531–533<br />

square well, 525, 526<br />

Shock wave<br />

in stellar collapse, 594<br />

Shower, 70<br />

of cosmic rays, 598<br />

of lepton pairs, 69<br />

Sigma particle, 108, 207, 213, 214, 219, 300,<br />

327, 343, 344, 377, 473<br />

Silicon<br />

detector, 60, 65<br />

Single particle shell model, 531–533<br />

Singlets, 234

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