Nuclear physics is the field o physics that studies the constituents an interactions o atomic nuclei. The maist commonly kent applications o nuclear physics are nuclear pouer generation an nuclear weapons technology, but the research haes providit application in mony fields, includin those in nuclear medicin an magnetic resonance imagin, ion implantation in materials ingineerin, an radiocarbon datin in geology an airchaeology.
The field o pairticle physics evolved oot o nuclear physics an is teepically taught in close association wi nuclear physics.