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Overview of Lectures (I). Introduction Fri. Week 1, Lindemann (L) Why do we study Nuclear Physics What will this course cover Shape and density of the nuclei 2. The Semi Empirical Mass Formula (SEMF) Thu. Week 2, Martin Wood (MW) The liquid drop model The Fermi Gas Model
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Overview of Lectures (I) • Introduction Fri. Week 1, Lindemann (L) • Why do we study Nuclear Physics • What will this course cover • Shape and density of the nuclei 2. The Semi Empirical Mass Formula (SEMF) Thu. Week 2, Martin Wood (MW) • The liquid drop model • The Fermi Gas Model • Experimental verification 3./4./5. Using the SEMF and transition to Shell Model Fri. (L) Week 2 & Thu. (MW), Fri (L) Week 3 • The valley of nuclear stability • Nuclear decays (a, b, fission, others) • Natural radioactivity • The end of SEMF: Evidence of magic numbers • The Shell Model Note: lectures in the Martin Wood starting 12:05 lectures in the Lindemann starting 14:05 (wks 1-4), 12:05 weeks 6-8 Nuclear Physics, Dr. Armin Reichold
Overview of Lectures (II) 6./7. Crossections Thu. (MW), Frid (L) Week 4, • Experiments, natural units, conventions and definitions • Fermi’s Golden Rule • Rutherford Scattering • Breit-Wigner resonances and partial decay widths Note: No nuclear physics lectures in week 5 ! 8./9. Theory of Decays Thu. & Fri. Week 6, (MW) • Tunnelling model of a-decay • Selection rules and decay rates in g-decay • Fermi theory of b-decay Nuclear Physics, Dr. Armin Reichold
Overview of Lectures (III) 10./11. Particle Interactions with Matter Thu. & Fri. Week 7, (MW) • dE/dx by ionisation and the Bethe-Bloch formula (9) • Photoeffect, Compton Scattering, Bremsstrahlung, Pair Production • Cherenkov radiation 12./13. Applications of Nuclear Physics Thy. & Fri. Week 8, (MW) • Particle Detectors • Fission Reactors • Bombs • Fusion reactors • Radioactive dating (notes only) Nuclear Physics, Dr. Armin Reichold