Subatomic Physics : An Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics and Astrophysics

This book is intended for undergraduate or beginning graduate students. The net outcome is material to cover one integrated course on Nuclear and Particle Physics as well as Astrophysics. There are appear many advantages in teaching all these subjects together. Furthermore, such an arrangement may be suitable for the cases of only few students interested in anyone of them separately. Understanding the similarities between atoms, nuclei and other hadrons and applying analogs from one to the other, have been very effective in research and they have lead to the development of all these fields.