Nuclear Physics B

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Department of Physics

Synopsis:

This scientific field presents formidable challenges both experimentally and theoretically, simply because we are dealing with the submicroscopic domain, where much of our classical intuition regarding the behaviour of objects fails us. The lecture is a basic introduction to very interesting regions of subatomic physics.

Requirements:

Basic course of physics. Knowledge from classical mechanics, theory of relativity, electricity and magnetisms as well as thermodynamics.

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Introduction

2. Collision kinematics

3. Cross section quantity

4. Basic properties of nucleus and nuclear forces

5. Models of atomic nuclei

6. Radioactivity

7. Techniques for nuclear and particle physics experiments

8. Nuclear reactions

9. Nuclear matter, its study and properties

10. Particles and their interactions

11. Way to the interaction unification

12. Nuclear astrophysics

13. Applications of nuclear and subnuclear physics

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Study Objective:

Knowledge:

Fundamentals of nuclear and subnuclear physics, laws of microworld, understanding of experimental methods at subatomic physics.

Skills:

Basic understanding and calculations in nuclear and subnuclear physics

Study materials:

Key references:

[1] W.S.C. Williams : Nuclear and Particle Physics, Oxford Science Publications, 2001

[2] B. Povh, K. Rith, Ch. Scholz, F. Zetsche: Particles and Nuclei. An Introduction to the Physical Concepts, Springer 2004

Recommended references:

[3] Ashok Das, Thomas Ferbel: Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics, John Wiley and Sons, 1994

[4] P.E.Hodgson, E Gadioli and E.Gadioli Erba: Introductory Nuclear Physics, Oxford Science Publications, 1997

[5] A. Beiser: Concepts of Modern Physics, McGraw-Hill Companies Date Published, 1995

Media and tools:

Lecture room with dataprojector

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Fyzikální inženýrství - Počítačová fyzika (elective course)
• Physical Engineering - Computational physics (elective course)