A Handbook of Nuclear Physics, Edited by I. Tanihata, H. Toki, T. Kajino, has been recently published. It provides a comprehensive summary of the emerging and established developments in nuclear physics. One of the chapter (Theoretical Description of Pygmy (Dipole) Resonances) has been written by Edoardo G. Lanza (INFN-Catania) in collaboration with Andrea Vitturi( Padova University).
This handbook is a comprehensive, systematic source of modern nuclear physics. It aims to summarize experimental and theoretical discoveries and an understanding of unstable nuclei and their exotic structures.
The handbook comprises three major parts. In the first part, the experiments and measured facts are well organized and reviewed. The second part summarizes recognized theories to explain the experimental facts introduced in the first part. The last part focuses on cosmo-nuclear physics—one of the mainstream subjects in modern nuclear physics.
All chapters are designed to present their topics in a manner accessible to readers also at the graduate level.