Synonyms for nuclear physics in the sense of this definition

• atomic physics
• nucleonics

(nuclear physics is a kind of ...) the science of matter and energy and their interactions

(nuclear physics is the domain which ... is member of) (physics) the probability that a particular interaction (as capture or ionization) will take place between particles; measured in barns

• cross section

(nuclear physics is the domain which ... is member of) (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter

• b
• barn