PH2107Nucl

earPhy
sics

Thi
s cour
se cov
erst
he f
undament
alaspect
s ofnucl
earphy
sics l
i
ke nucl
ear
par
amet
ers,
nucl
earr
eact
ions,
nucl
earmodel
s,nucl
eardecayandr
adi
oact
ivi
ty.
Cour
seAi
m
Theai
m oft
hiscour
sei
stogi
vet
hest
udent
sanel
ement
aryaccountofnucl
earphy
sics
sui
tabl
easani
ntr
oduct
iont
othef
iel
d.
Cour
seExpect
edLear
ningOut
comes
Byt
heendoft
hecour
set
hest
udentshoul
dbeabl
eto:
-Expl
aint
hef
eat
uresofst
abl
eandunst
abl
enucl
eiand
-Est
imat
eener
giesusedorpr
oducedi
nnucl
earr
eact
ions
-Descr
iber
adi
oact
ivedecaypr
ocessesandcar
bondat
ingt
echni
que

Cour
seSt
atus: Cor
e
Cr
edi
tRat
ing: 7.
5Cr
edi
ts
Tot
alHour
sSpent
:75hour
s

Cour
seCont
ent
s
Nucl
earst
ruct
ureandst
abi
li
ty:Nucl
earpar
amet
ers,bi
ndi
ngener
gy;massdef
ect
,
abundanceasr
elat
edt
opai
ri
ngofnucl
eons,
stabi
l
ity
.
Nucl
earr
eact
ions:nucl
earr
eact
ions,channel
s,cr
oss-
sect
ions,conser
vat
ionl
awsand
Q-
val
ue,di
rectr
eact
ions,al
pha,bet
aandgammadecay
s,f
issi
on,andf
usi
on,nucl
ear
r
eact
ors.
Nucl
earmodel
s:nucl
earf
orces,semiempi
ri
calmassf
ormul
a,Li
qui
ddr
opmodeland
appl
i
cat
ionst
ofi
ssi
onandi
sobar
ict
ransf
ormat
ions;Shel
lmodelandpr
edi
cti
onof
sel
ect
ednucl
earpr
oper
ti
es,
magi
cnumber
s,par
it
y.
Nucl
eardecayandr
adi
oact
ivi
ty:Conser
vat
ionl
awsf
orr
adi
oact
ivedecay
,act
ivi
ti
esand
hal
f-
li
ves,ener
giesofnucl
earr
adi
ati
ons,nat
uralandar
ti
fi
cialr
adi
oact
ivi
ty,r
adi
oact
ive
dat
ing.
Teachi
ngandLear
ningAct
ivi
ti
es
Lect
ures,di
scussi
onont
hesubj
ectcont
ent
,andaski
ngquest
ionsf
ort
est
ingt
he
l
evel
ofunder
standi
ngont
hedel
i
ver
edcont
ent

AssessmentMet
hods
Cour
sewor
k:(
atl
eastt
wot
est
s) 30%
TwoAssi
gnment
s&TwoQui
zzes 10%
Endofsemest
erexami
nat
ion 60%

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ngLi
st
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ey(
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.
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Int
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oel
ement
arypar
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Wil
eyN.(
1987)
.
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Lil
l
ey.
,Nucl
earPhy
sics,
JohnWi
l
ey(
2001)
.
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alD.
C.,
Nucl
earPhy
sics,
Himal
ayaPubl
i
cat
ions(
2009)
.
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bel
,I
ntr
oduct
iont
oNucl
earandPar
ti
clePhy
sics,
Wor
ldSci
ent
if
ic.