Pier Francesco Bortignon graduated from the University of Padova, Italy. He teaches classical physics at the Universita di Milano and nuclear physics at the School of Engineering (Politecnico) of Milan.Angela Bracco received her PhD from the University of Manitoba, Canada, and earned out research at TRIUMF, Vancouver, Canada. She teaches experimental techniques of nuclear physics in the Department of Physics of the Universita di Milano. Ricardo A. Broglia earned his PhD from the Institute JA Balseiro of the University of Cuyo, Argentina. He teaches theoretical nuclear physics at the Universita di Milano and is adjunct professor at the Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark.

• Preface to the Series, Preface, 1 Introduction, Part 1 ZERO TEMPERATURE, 2 Giant Vibrations, 3 Random Phase Approximation, 4 Beyond Mean Field, Part 2 FINITE TEMPERATURE, 5 Measurement of Giant Resonances, 6 Dipole Oscillations: Experiment, 7 Concepts of Statistical Physics, 8 Linear Response, 9 Collisions, 10 Dipole Oscillations: Theory, 11 Rotational Motion, References, Index

Pier Francesco Bortignon graduated from the University of Padova, Italy. He teaches classical physics at the Universita di Milano and nuclear physics at the School of Engineering (Politecnico) of Milan.Angela Bracco received her PhD from the University of Manitoba, Canada, and earned out research at TRIUMF, Vancouver, Canada. She teaches experimental techniques of nuclear physics in the Department of Physics of the Universita di Milano. Ricardo A. Broglia earned his PhD from the Institute JA Balseiro of the University of Cuyo, Argentina. He teaches theoretical nuclear physics at the Universita di Milano and is adjunct professor at the Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark.

• Preface to the Series, Preface, 1 Introduction, Part 1 ZERO TEMPERATURE, 2 Giant Vibrations, 3 Random Phase Approximation, 4 Beyond Mean Field, Part 2 FINITE TEMPERATURE, 5 Measurement of Giant Resonances, 6 Dipole Oscillations: Experiment, 7 Concepts of Statistical Physics, 8 Linear Response, 9 Collisions, 10 Dipole Oscillations: Theory, 11 Rotational Motion, References, Index

Pier Francesco Bortignon graduated from the University of Padova, Italy. He teaches classical physics at the Universita di Milano and nuclear physics at the School of Engineering (Politecnico) of Milan.Angela Bracco received her PhD from the University of Manitoba, Canada, and earned out research at TRIUMF, Vancouver, Canada. She teaches experimental techniques of nuclear physics in the Department of Physics of the Universita di Milano. Ricardo A. Broglia earned his PhD from the Institute JA Balseiro of the University of Cuyo, Argentina. He teaches theoretical nuclear physics at the Universita di Milano and is adjunct professor at the Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark.

• Preface to the Series, Preface, 1 Introduction, Part 1 ZERO TEMPERATURE, 2 Giant Vibrations, 3 Random Phase Approximation, 4 Beyond Mean Field, Part 2 FINITE TEMPERATURE, 5 Measurement of Giant Resonances, 6 Dipole Oscillations: Experiment, 7 Concepts of Statistical Physics, 8 Linear Response, 9 Collisions, 10 Dipole Oscillations: Theory, 11 Rotational Motion, References, Index