Milky Way, 88
Miller, Ava Helen, 280
Mirror isobars, 417
Moderator, 454
Molecular bond, 267 – 269, 277 – 279, 349
Molecular electronic states, 282
Molecular energies in ideal gas, 300 – 305
Molecular energy distribution, 302
Molecular Spectra and Molecular Structure
(Herzberg), 287
Molecular-speed distribution, 303
Molecules, 266–295
complex molecules, 276 – 281
electron sharing, 269, 270
electronic spectra of molecules, 291 – 293
fluorescence, 292, 293
H 2 +molecular ion, 270 – 274
hybrid orbitals, 279 – 281
hydrogen molecule, 274, 275
molecular bond, 267 – 269, 277 – 279
phosphorescence, 293
rotational energy levels, 282 – 285
Molten NaCl, 268
Momentum
classical definition, 24
energy, and, 30 – 33
particle in a box, 181 – 183
photon, 75
relativistic, 22 – 26
vector quantity, as, 76
Momentum operator, 172
Momentum space, 300
Morley, Edward, 4
Moseley, Henry G.J., 256, 257
MOSFET, 369
Mössbauer effect, 91
Mottelson, Ben, 412
MRI, 396
Muller, Alex, 380
Multiplets, 487 – 489
Multiplicity, 254
Multipliers for SI units, 530
Muon, 132, 413, 477, 479
Muon decay, 16, 480NaCl, 339
NaCl crystal, 268
Name of functions, 307
Nanotubes, 344
Nature of the Chemical Bond, The(Pauling), 280
Nb-NbO-Nb junction, 385
n-channel FET, 368
Nd:YAG lasers, 151
Ne’eman, Yuval, 487
Negative beta decay, 398, 399
Neptunium, 430
Neuron stars, 124, 329 – 331
Neutral pion decay, 479
Neutrino, 233, 437, 438, 477 – 479
Neutron activation analysis, 472Index 537
Neutron decay, 485
New Scientist, 525
Newton, Sir Isaac, 475
Newtonian mechanics, 161
Nishijina, K., 486
NMR, 387, 396
Noether, Emmy, 486, 487
Nonpolar molecule, 346
Normal Zeeman effect, 225, 229
Normalization, 162, 163
n-type semiconductor, 360
Nuclear accidents, 459
Nuclear atom, 120 – 124. See alsoAtomic
structure
Nuclear composition, 388 – 391
Nuclear decay, 398, 399, 419 – 424
Nuclear electrons, 391
Nuclear energy, 458, 459
Nuclear fission, 402, 450 – 454
Nuclear fusion, 402
Nuclear fusion in stars, 460 – 463
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), 387, 396
Nuclear magneton, 394
Nuclear motion, 140 – 142
Nuclear power plant, 457
Nuclear reaction, 446
Nuclear reactors, 454 – 458
Nuclear spin, 391
Nuclear structure, 387 – 417
atomic masses, 389 – 391
binding energy, 399 – 403
collective model, 412
liquid-drop model, 403 – 408
meson theory of nuclear forces, 412 – 416
NMR, 395, 396
nuclear composition, 388 – 391
nuclear electrons, 391
pion, 413, 415, 416
shell model, 408 – 412
spin, 393, 394
stable nuclei, 396 – 399, 411
virtual photons, 415
volume/radius, 392, 393
Nuclear transformations, 418 – 473
alpha decay, 421, 432 – 436, 468 – 470
beta decay, 421, 436 – 440
breeder reactors, 456 – 458
center-of-mass coordinate system, 448 – 450
confinement methods, 464 – 467
cross section, 441 – 446
fusion reactors, 463 – 467
gamma decay, 421, 440, 441
geological dating, 429
ITER, 466
nuclear accidents, 459
nuclear energy, 458, 459
nuclear fission, 450 – 454
nuclear fusion in stars, 460 – 463
nuclear reactions, 446 – 450
nuclear reactors, 454 – 458
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