Nuclear Physics 621
Fall 2004

Witek Nazarewicz and Thomas Papenbrock
(and guest stars)

Place: Physics 512, Time: Mondays and Wednesdays 9:05-10:20 AM
SYLLABUS
EMAIL US: Witek or Thomas  

 

REFERENCES
Recommended textbook:
"Introductory Nuclear Physics", Samuel S. M. Wong (Wiley-Interscience, 1998/99) Library Catalog QC776.W66, ISBN: 0471239739
Supplementary texts:

 

LECTURE NOTES
Aug. 23: Roadmap of nuclear science Aug. 25: Nuclear science: challenges Aug. 30: Symmetries of the nuclear hamiltonian (1)
Sep. 1: Symmetries of the nuclear hamiltonian (2) Sep. 8: ABC of Quantum Chromodynamics Sep. 13: Structure of Hadrons (1)
Sep. 15: Structure of Hadrons (2) (Barnes) Sep. 20: Globar properties of nuclei (1): Sizes, density distributions; shapes Sep. 22: Globar properties of nuclei (2): Shapes, masses
Sep. 27: Alpha Decay, Spontaneous fission Sep. 29: Electromagnetic decay (1) Oct. 4: Electromagnetic decay (2). Beta decay (1)
Oct. 6: Releativistic heavy Ion physics (1) (Read) Oct. 11: Releativistic heavy Ion physics (2) (Read) Oct. 13: Beta decay (2)
Oct. 18: Beta decay (3); Neutrino Oct. 20: Nuclear Forces Oct. 25: Deuteron; Few body systems
Oct. 27: Effective interactions. Shell Model (1) Nov. 1: Shell Model (2). Hartree Fock Nov. 3: Deformed Shell Model
Nov. 8: Seniority Model Nov. 10: Pairing, BCS Nov. 15: Hartree Fock Bogoliubov
Nov. 17: Generator Coordinate Method. Collective excitations Nov. 22: Nuclear Reactions Nov. 24: Nuclear Astrophysics (Cardall)
Nov. 29: Symmetry tests in nuclei (Greene) Dec. 6: Final Exam Student Presentations