Menu
Home Explore People Places Arts History Plants & Animals Science Life & Culture Technology

Nuclear physics

Alpha decay
Type of radioactive decay
Alpha particle
Ionizing radiation particle of two protons and two neutrons
Beta decay
Type of radioactive decay
Beta particle
Ionizing radiation
Cold fusion
Hypothetical type of nuclear reaction
Decay energy
Energy change of a nucleus after radioactive decay
Decay product
The remaining nuclide left over from radioactive decay
Half-life (disambiguation)
Topics referred to by the same term
High-energy nuclear physics
Intersection of nuclear physics and high-energy physics
Island of stability
Isotopes of super-heavy elements theorized to be much more stable than others
Neutron radiation
Ionizing radiation that presents as free neutrons
Nuclear binding energy
Minimum energy that would be required to disassemble the nucleus of an atom into its component parts
Nuclear fission
Nuclear reaction splitting an atom into multiple parts
Nuclear force
A force that acts between the protons and neutrons of atoms
Nuclear fusion
Process naturally occurring in stars where atomic nucleons combine
Nuclear isomer
Metastable excited state of a nuclide
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Spectroscopic technique relying on the energy of electrons
Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Laboratory technique
Nuclear physics
Field of physics that deals with the structure and behavior of atomic nuclei
Nuclear reaction
Process in which two nuclei collide to produce one or more nuclides
Nuclear structure
The structure of the atomic nucleus
Nucleosynthesis
Process that creates new atomic nuclei from pre-existing nucleons, primarily protons and neutrons
Radioactive decay
Method of decay in atomic nuclei
Radioactive source
Radionuclide which emits ionizing radiation
Semi-empirical mass formula
Formula to approximate nuclear mass based on nucleon counts