Subatomic physics 2

Lecturer:

Miloš Pachr (gar.)

Tutor:

Miloš Pachr (gar.), Jan Čepila

Supervisor:

Department of Physics

Synopsis:

The goal of the lecture and the exercise is to learn students the basic knowledge from nuclear and particle physics. Students will improve their knowledge about the mass structure and they will see laws of microcosms, too.

Requirements:

Physical Laboratory 1,2; Experimental Physics 1,2

Syllabus of lectures:

1.Basic properties of nuclei.

2.Structure of nuclei and chart of the nuclides.

3.Binding energy.

4.Spin. Electromagnetic moments.

5.Hyperfine structure of the atomic spectra.

6.Nuclear forces and models of atomic nuclei.

7.Radioactivity. Radioactive decay chains.

8.Alpha decay. Beta decay. Gamma emission.

9.Nuclear reactions.

10.The compound nucleus hypthesis. Breit-Wigner formula.

11.Elementary theory of fission.

12.Fusion reaction.

13.Stellar nucleosynthesis. pp - chain, helium catalysed chains, CNO - chain.

14.Cosmic rays.

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Basic terminology

2. Particle composition of atomic nuclei

3. Charged particle in electromagnetic field

4. Mass, charge and radius of atomic nuclei

5. Rutherford scattering

6. Hyperfine structure and spin of atomic nuclei

7. Weiszecker mass formula

8. Liquid drop model

9. Shell model

10.Alfa, beta, gamma radioactivity

11.Decay law applications

12. Nuclear reactions

Study Objective:

Knowledge:

Fundamentals of sub-nuclear and nuclear physics

Abilities:

Orientation in the field of nuclear physics and ability to solve problem in this field

Study materials:

Key references:

[1] W.S.C.Williams:„Nuclear and Particle Physics“, Clarendon Press,Oxford 1991

[2] P.E.Hodgson,E.Gadioli,E.Gadioli-Erba:„Introductory Nuclear Physics“, Univ.Press Oxford 1997

Recommended references:

[3] I.Úlehla, M.Suk, Z.Trka, „Atoms,Nuclei,Particles“ (in Czech), ACADEMIA Praha 1990

[4] Review of Particle Physics, Phys.Lett.B592(2004)

[5] Z.Janout,J.Kubašta,S.Pospíšil: „Exercises from nuclear and subnuclear physics“ (in Czech), skripta FJFI, Vydavatelství ČVUT, Praha 1997

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

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Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

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The course is a part of the following study plans: