Nuclear physics

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Nuclear physics is the field of physics that studies atomic nuclei and their constituents and interactions, in addition to the study of other forms of nuclear matter. Nuclear physics should not be confused with atomic physics, which studies the atom as a whole, including its electrons. Furthermore, nuclear physics is different from nucleonics, which is the application of nuclear physics in engineering (whence nuclear engineering) and other sciences (e.g., astrophysics and geophysics); the word itself is a combination of "nucleus" and "electronics". Discoveries in nuclear physics have led to applications in many fields such as nuclear power, nuclear weapons, nuclear medicine and magnetic resonance imaging, industrial and agricultural isotopes, ion implantation in materials engineering, and radiocarbon dating in geology and archaeology. Such applications are studied in the field of nuclear engineering. Particle physics evolved out of nuclear physics and the two fields are typically taught...

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