Misconceptions in nuclear physics

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Abstract

Some errors commonly encountered in the teaching and examining of undergraduates in nuclear physics are listed with corrections and discussion. They relate to gravitational forces in the nucleus, the cyclotron and synchrocyclotron, the composition of cosmic rays, Cerenkov radiation and bremsstrahlung, the Geiger counter, the scintillation counter, the Compton `edge' and binding energy per nucleon.