Project Practicum 1

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Department of Physics

Synopsis:

Experimental project is a two-semestral course that represents the final degree of practical education of students in the experimental nuclear physics. Project has a form of a work on designated project and the topic of the project is chosen such that it is complementary to the theoretical knowledge in experimental nuclear physics. Students are encouraged to form work-groups and each of them solves a particular task on this project. Finally, students attempt to propose and build and perform the experiment and then process the results to scientific output.

The goal of the first semester is to familiarize with the experiment, make theoretical calculations, and realize simulations for proposing particular properties of the apparatus. A document summarizing the proposal of the apparatus is a final result of this course.

Requirements:

Knowledge of basic course of physics, detectors and interaction of ionising radiation

Syllabus of lectures:

Syllabus of tutorials:

1.A selection of the experiment and familiarization with it

2.Background research

3.Theoretical calculations

4.Simulations and technical proposal

5.Discussion of parameters

6.Conceptual design report elaboration

7.Presentation on the external seminar of Experimental nuclear physics

Study Objective:

Knowledge:

Design and simulation of the experiment, conceptual design of the experiment.

Abilities:

Individual work on certain project

Study materials:

Key references:

[1] W.R.Leo, Techniques for Nuclear and Particle Physics experiments, Springer, 1994

[2] G.F.Knoll, Radiation detection and measurement, Wiley, 2000

[3] J.H.Moore et al., Building Scientific Apparatus, Cambridge, 2009

Recommended references:

[4] E.J.N.Wilson, An introduction to particle accelerators, Oxford University Press, 2001

[5] W.Greiner, D.N.Poenaru, Experimental techniques in Nuclear Physics, Walter de Gruyter, 1997

[6] J. S. Lilley, Nuclear physics-Principles and applications, Wiley, 2001

Media and tools:

laboratory of the experimental nuclear physics

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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: