PHYSICS 560       Nuclear Physics      Fall 2008

LECTURE SCHEDULE

  • Reading assignments are in:     NUCLEAR PHYSICS   by Samuel S. M. Wong
  • Homework assignments are to be handed in Friday at the end of the lecture.

  • [ Note: This schedule may change as the quarter develops ]


    Week  Lect  Date  Topics  Reading
    1
    1-2
    sept 24-26
    Introduction to strong interactions
    ---- QCD, isospin, chiral symmetry
    ---- pions and nucleons
    Assignment 1

    Soln 1
    2
    3-5
    sept 29 - oct 3
    Effective Range Theory
    Scattering
    Cross sections
    Partial Wave Analysis
    Assignment 2

    Soln 2
    3
    6-8
    oct  6 - oct 10
    One Pion Exchange
    The Tensor between nucleon
    The Deuteron
    Assignment 3

    Soln 3
    4
    9-11
    oct 13 - oct 17
    Electromagnetic Interactions
    magnetic moment operator, MEC's
    Quadrupole Moment operator

    5
    12-14
    oct 20 - oct 24
    Bulk properties of nuclei
    von Weisacker mass formula
    Asymmetry energy
    Kelson-Garvey formula
    Compressability of Nuclear matter
    Single Particle Model
    Assignment 4

    Soln 4
    6
    15-17
    oct 27-oct 31
    Single Particle properties
    Shell Model
    Schmidt limits
    Residual Interaction

    Assignment 5



















    Assignment 6

    Soln6






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