'Richard Casten's book provides a beautiful and very physical presentation of some of the essential material...highly recommended for anyone who wants to get a better intuitive understanding of low-energy nuclear structure physics.' Physics Today

• Introduction; The nuclear landscape; The independent particle model; The shell model: two-particle configurations; Multiparticle configurations; Collective excitations in even-even nuclei: vibrational and rotational motion; The deformed shell model or Nilsson model; Nilsson model: applications and refinements (single nucleon transfer reactions, coriolis coupling, hexadecapole deformations); Microscopic treatment of collective vibrations; A few selected experimental techniques.

'Richard Casten's book provides a beautiful and very physical presentation of some of the essential material...highly recommended for anyone who wants to get a better intuitive understanding of low-energy nuclear structure physics.' Physics Today

• Introduction; The nuclear landscape; The independent particle model; The shell model: two-particle configurations; Multiparticle configurations; Collective excitations in even-even nuclei: vibrational and rotational motion; The deformed shell model or Nilsson model; Nilsson model: applications and refinements (single nucleon transfer reactions, coriolis coupling, hexadecapole deformations); Microscopic treatment of collective vibrations; A few selected experimental techniques.