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Casten, Richard Francis was born on November 1, 1941 in New York City. Son of Daniel F. and Constance Mary (Bell) Casten.
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Nuclear Structure from a Simple Perspective (Oxford Studies in Nuclear Physics)
(This textbook on nuclear structure takes a unique approac...)
This textbook on nuclear structure takes a unique approach to the topic, explaining nuclear structure by building on a few elementary physical ideas. Intricate topics such as shell model residual interactions, the Nilsson model, and the RPA analysis of collective vibrations are explained in a simple, intuitive way so that predictions can usually be made without calculations, essentially by inspection. Frequent data comparison shows the relevance of theoretical approaches. New to this edition are chapters on exotic nuclei and radioactive beams,and correlations of collective observables. Completely new discussions are given on isopin, the shell model, nature of collective vibrations, multi- phonon states, superdeformation, bandmixing, the geometric collective model, the fermei gas model, basic properties of simple nuclear potentials, the deuteron, etc.
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Richard Francis Casten
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Richard Francis Casten, American Physicist. Danforth fellow, 1963-1967; recipient Senior Alexander von Humboldt prize,1983. President Jo Ann and Richard Casten, Ltd., since 1973. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society (Executive Committee division nuclear physics 1991-1993, chairman task force to review journal Physical Review C 1995), Sigma Xi.
Education
Bachelor of Science magna cum laude, College of the Holy Cross, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1967.
Career
Postdoctoral fellow, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, 1967-1969;
postdoctoral fellow, Los Alamos (New Mexico) Science Laboratory, 1969-1971;
assistant scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1971-1973;
associate scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1973-1976;
scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1977-1981;
senior scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, since 1981;
group leader nuclear structure group, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1981-1996;
professor physics, director A.W. Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, since 1995. Chairman North America committee for Isospin Laboratory Radioactive Beam Facility, since 1989. Guest professor of University Cologne, Germany, since 1985.
Member panel on basic nuclear data NAS, 1990-1992. Member long-range plan working group Nuclear science Adv.Com., 1989, 95. Member subcommittee on implementation of long-range plan, 1991.
Member special emphasis panel National Science Foundation, 1993. United States representative Megasci. Forum forNuclear Physics, Subpanel on Intense Beams and Target Sys.
Chair writing panel for White Paper on science opportunities with an advanced ISOL facility, 1997. Chair ISAC/TRIUMF review committee, 1997. Member Nuc. Science Advisory Committee, 1998, 99 and numerous other national and international committees.
Invited speaker over 100 international conferences.
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Nuclear Structure from a Simple Perspective (Oxford Studies in Nuclear Physics)
(This textbook on nuclear structure takes a unique approac...)
- Nuclear Structure from a Simple Perspective
- Nuclear Structure From A Simple Perspective (Oxford Studies In Nuclear Physics) by Richard F. Casten (2001-06-21)
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Nuclear Structure from a Simple Perspective (Oxford Studies in Nuclear Physics)
Membership
President Jo Ann and Richard Casten, Ltd., since 1973. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society (Executive Committee division nuclear physics 1991-1993, chairman task force to review journal Physical Review C 1995), Sigma Xi.
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Married Jo Ann Daly, June 6, 1964.
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