Nuclear Physics 621
Fall 2008

Witek Nazarewicz, Nicolas Schunck, and guest stars

Place: Ayres Hall 226-G, Time: Mondays and Wednesdays 8:40-9:55 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. 20: Roadmap of nuclear science Aug. 25: Nuclear science: challenges (1)
QCD animations 		Aug. 27: Nuclear science: challenges (2)
Sep. 3: Symmetries of the nuclear Hamiltonian (1) Sep. 8: Symmetries of the nuclear Hamiltonian (2) Sep. 10: Nuclear sizes, shapes
Sep. 15: ABC of Quantum Chromodynamics Sep. 17: Structure of hadrons (1)
Problem 1 (due Sep. 24) 		Sep. 22: Structure of hadrons (2)
Sep. 24: Mass, binding energy
Problem 2 (due Oct. 1) 		Sep. 29: Alpha decay (1) Oct. 1: Alpha decay (2)
Problem 3 (due Oct. 8)
Oct. 6: Fission Oct. 8: Nuclear Astrophysics: Modeling Supernova Explosions (Guidry, begins at 9am)
Problem 4 (due Oct. 15) 		Oct. 13: Electromagnetic decay
Oct. 15: Beta decay (1)
Problem 5 (due Oct. 22) 		Oct. 20: Beta decay (2) Oct. 22: The neutrino
Problem 6 (due Oct. 29)
Oct. 27: Nuclear forces (1) Oct. 29: Nuclear forces (2). Deuteron.
Problem 7 (due Nov. 5) 		Nov. 3: Few body systems
Nov. 5: Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics (Read)
Problem 8 (due Nov. 12) 		Nov. 10: Effective interactions. Shell Model (1) Nov. 12: Shell Model (2)
Nov. 17: Mean field, Hartree-Fock
Problem 9 (due Nov. 24) 		Nov. 19: Fundamental interactions, neutron decay (Greene) Nov. 24: Hartree-Fock equations. Spontaneous symmetry breaking
Nov. 26: Nuclear Density Functional Theory, Pairing Dec. 1: Collective motion, Superheavy elements Dec. 4: Final Exam
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