Disciplines and Occupations

Nuclear Physics

The study of the characteristics, behavior, and internal structures of the atomic nucleus and its interactions with other nuclei. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)

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The study of the characteristics, behavior, and internal structures of the atomic nucleus and its interactions with other nuclei. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)

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3 entry terms
  • Nuclear Physic
  • Physic, Nuclear
  • Physics, Nuclear

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12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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use for the discipline (education, history, etc) only

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  1. H01w.671w.579w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Nuclear Physics. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009686. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009686
  2. Nuclear Physics. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_physics
  3. Nuclear Physics. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81197