Nuclear Physics 621
Fall 2007

Witek Nazarewicz and guest stars

Place: Ayres Hall 226-G, Time: Mondays and Wednesdays 8:55-10:10 AM
SYLLABUS
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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. 22: Roadmap of nuclear science Aug. 27: Nuclear science: challenges (1) Aug. 29: Nuclear science: challenges (2)
Sep. 5: Symmetries of the nuclear Hamiltonian (1) Sep. 10: Symmetries of the nuclear Hamiltonian (2) Sep. 12: ABC of Quantum Chromodynamics
Sep. 17: Structure of hadrons (1) (Barnes) Sep. 19: Structure of hadrons (2) (Barnes) Sep. 24: Nuclear sizes, shapes
Sep. 26: Mass, binding energy Oct. 1: Alpha decay Oct. 3: Fission
Oct. 8: Electromagnetic decay (1) Oct. 10: Electromagnetic decay (2) Oct. 15: Beta decay (1)
Oct. 17: Beta decay (2) Oct. 22: The neutrino Oct. 24: Fundamental interactions, neutron decay (Greene)
Oct. 29: Nuclear Forces Oct. 31: Deuteron Nov. 5: Few body systems
Nov. 7: Effective interactions Nov. 12: Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics (1) (Sorensen) Nov. 14: Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics (2) (Sorensen)
Nov. 19: Shell Model (1) Nov. 21: Shell Model (2) Nov. 26: Mean field/Hartree-Fock
Nov. 28: Pairing Dec. 3: Collective motion/Superheavies Dec. 5: Final Exam
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