CONTENTS -- PART I: INTRODUCTION -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Nuclear Force -- 1.3 Pauli Principle and Antisymmetrization -- 1.4 Two-State Mixing -- 1.5 Multistate Mixing -- 1.6 Two-State Mixing and Transition Rates -- 2. THE NUCLEAR LANDSCAPE -- PART II: SHELL MODEL AND RESIDUAL INTERACTIONS -- 3. THE INDEPENDENT PARTICLE MODEL -- 4. THE SHELL MODEL: TWO-PARTICLE CONFIGURATIONS -- 4.1 Residual Interactions: The δ-Function -- 4.2 Geometrical Interpretation -- 4.3 Pairing Interaction -- 4.4 Multipole Decomposition of Residual Interactions -- 4.5 Some Other Results (Average Shifts, Hole, and Particle-Hole Configurations) -- 5. MULTIPARTICLE CONFIGURATIONS -- 5.1 J Values in Multiparticle Configurations: The m-Scheme -- 5.2 Coefficients of Fractional Parentage (CFP) -- 5.3 Multiparticle Configurations j[sup(n)]: The Seniority Scheme -- 5.4 Some Examples -- 5.5 Pairing Correlations -- PART III: COLLECTIVITY, PHASE TRANSITIONS, DEFORMATION -- 6. COLLECTIVE EXCITATIONS IN EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI: VIBRATIONAL AND ROTATIONAL MOTION -- 6.1 An Introduction to Collectivity, Configuration Mixing, and Deformation -- 6.2 Collective Excitations in Spherical Even-Even Nuclei -- 6.3 Deformed Nuclei: Shapes -- 6.4 Rotations and Vibrations of Axially Symmetric Deformed Nuclei -- 6.5 Axially Asymmetric Nuclei -- 6.6 The Interacting Boson Model -- 6.7 The Development of Collectivity: Phenomenology and Microscopic Basis -- 7. THE DEFORMED SHELL MODEL OR NILSSON MODEL -- 7.1 The Nilsson Model -- 7.2 Examples -- 7.3 Prolate and Oblate Shapes -- 7.4 Interplay of Nilsson Structure and Rotational Motion -- 8. NILSSON MODEL: APPLICATIONS AND REFINEMENTS -- 8.1 Single Nucleon Transfer Reactions -- 8.2 The Coriolis Interaction in Deformed Nuclei -- 8.3 Coriolis Mixing and Single Nucleon Transfer Cross Sections -- 8.4 Coriolis Effects at Higher Spins.

9. MICROSCOPIC TREATMENT OF COLLECTIVE VIBRATIONS -- 9.1 Structure of Collective Vibrations -- 9.2 Examples: Vibrations in Deformed Nuclei -- PART IV: EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES -- 10. A FEW SELECTED EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES -- 10.1 Coulomb Excitation -- 10.2 Spectroscopically Complete Techniques -- 10.3 Heavy Ion Compound Reactions and High Spin States -- 10.4 Heavy Ion Transfer Reactions -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.