Course Materials and Schedule (preliminary and subject to change)
Textbook: Nuclear and Particle Physics - An Introduction, B.R. Martin
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Lecture Date |
Chapter # |
Tentative Topics |
Lecture Notes |
Assignment due |
| Week 1 |
Tu |
01/05 |
- |
End of Winter Holidays |
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Th |
01/07 |
1 |
Introduction; History of Nuclear Physics |
Origins |
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| Week 2 |
Tu |
01/12 |
1 |
Properties of Elementary Particles; Quantum Numbers (QN) |
Properties |
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Th |
01/14 |
1 & Appendix B |
QN & Conservation Laws; (Relativistic) Kinematics |
Kinematics I |
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| Week 3 |
Tu |
01/19 |
1 |
Relativistic Kinematics; Invariant Mass |
Kinematics II |
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Th |
01/21 |
1 & Appendix B |
Reference Frames; Kinematics of π0 → γγ |
Kinematics III |
Assignment 1; Solution |
| Week 4 |
Tu |
01/26 |
1 |
Particle Exchange: Forces and Potentials |
Yukawa Potential |
Assignment 2; Solution |
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Th |
01/28 |
1 |
Cross Section; Rutherford Scttering |
Cross Section |
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| Week 5 |
Tu |
02/02 |
2 |
Mass Spectroscopy; Nuclear Shapes and Sizes: Charge Distribution |
Form Factors |
Assignment 3; Solution |
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Th |
02/04 |
2 |
Binding Energies; Semi-empirical Mass Formula; Radioactive Decays |
Mass Formula |
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| Week 6 |
Tu |
02/09 |
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Mini-Exam; UPL 107 |
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Solution |
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Th |
02/11 |
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Tour to the FSU Tandem Laboratory |
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| Week 7 |
Tu |
02/16 |
3 |
Lepton Multiplets & Numbers; Neutrino Mixing and Oscillations |
Leptons |
Assignment 4; Solution |
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Th |
02/18 |
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| Week 8 |
Tu |
02/23 |
3 |
Flavour Independence and Charge Multiplets; Isospin |
Flavour Independence |
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Th |
02/25 |
4 |
Accelerators and Beams |
Accelerators |
Assignment 5; Solution |
| Week 9 |
Tu |
03/01 |
4 |
Particle Interactions with Matter, Bethe-Bloch Formula; Detectors |
Detectors |
Assignment 6; Solution |
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Th |
03/03 |
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Midterm-Exam; UPL 107 |
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| Week 10 |
Tu |
03/08 |
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SPRING BREAK |
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Th |
03/10 |
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| Week 11 |
Tu |
03/15 |
6 |
Symmetries and Spin Structure of the Weak Interaction |
Weak Interaction |
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Th |
03/17 |
6 |
Weak Interaction: Cabbibo Angle; Selection Rules |
Selection Rules |
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| Week 12 |
Tu |
03/22 |
5 |
Quarks & Gluons; Color Degree of Freedom |
Color |
Assignment 7; Solution |
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Th |
03/24 |
5 |
Strong Coupling Constant, QGP, Jets & Gluons |
Jets, Quarks & Gluons |
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| Week 13 |
Tu |
03/29 |
5 |
Deep Inelastic Scattering, Nucleon Structure |
DIS |
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Th |
03/31 |
7 |
Nucleon-Nucleon Interaction; Fermi Gas Model |
Fermi Gas Model |
Assignment 8; Solution |
| Week 14 |
Tu |
04/05 |
7 |
Nuclear Shell Model |
Shell Structure |
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Th |
04/07 |
8 |
Nuclear Fusion: Coulomb Barrier, Stellar Fusion |
Nuclear Fusion |
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| Week 15 |
Tu |
04/12 |
9 |
Outstanding Questions; Presentation of Semester Projects |
Prospects |
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Th |
04/14 |
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Presentation of Semester Projects |
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| Week 16 |
Tu |
04/19 |
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Presentation of Semester Projects |
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Th |
04/21 |
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Presentation of Semester Projects |
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| Last Week |
Mo |
04/25/2016 |
Good Luck |
FINAL EXAM, 5:30 - 7:30 PM, UPL 107 |
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