NUCLEAR
PHYSICS SH2302
8 ECTS credits
The course is also given as an introductory graduate course [5A5420, 8 credits]
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EXPERIMENT |
THEORY |
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Lecturer and course coordinator:
Prof. Bo Cederwall
Department of Physics,
KTH-Royal Institute of Technology
Roslagstullsbacken 21,
S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
(AlbaNova Centre for Physics, Astronomy and
Biotechnology)
A brief video presentation of the
course can be found here
COURSE PM
The course covers
selected topics in basic and applied nuclear physics, such as:
Basic
nuclear properties
Nucleon structure, the quark model (in brief)
Nuclear forces, effective nucleon-nucleon
interaction, two-nucleon systems
Nuclear
decay modes;
the strong
interaction - alpha-decay,
the weak
interaction - beta-decay
the
electromagnetic interaction - gamma-decay
Nuclear reactions, basic scattering theory
Deformed nuclei and collective motion - rotations -
vibrations
“Microscopic” models of nuclear structure; nuclear
shell model, mean field models, ab initio models
Nuclei under extreme conditions of temperature
(quark-gluon plasma), deformation and angular momentum
Fission and fusion - nuclear energy production
Applications of nuclear physics in industry and medicine
Outlook: The research frontier
The course is given during the first period of the spring
semester.
Lecture schedule
NB: Lectures start a quarter after the hour, lab exercise sharp on the hour!
Lectures and
laboratory exercises will take place at AlbaNova, Roslagstullsbacken 21 except for the
internal conversion/beta decay lab which is given at Roslagstullsbacken 33.
Try to form groups of minimum 2 and maximum 3 students and sign
up for the available slots in Canvas.
Lab # 5 is a computer lab in which the data from
the gamma-gamma coincidence measurement (lab # 4) is analysed and the results
reported to the lab assistant. It will be scheduled at the measurement session.
The lab manuals provided below must be studied
carefully before each lab in order to make efficient use of the time available.
Control questions may be asked by the lab assistant.
Laboratory exercises
Radiation protection information
Alpha decay and spontaneous fission
Internal conversion
Mössbauer effect. Measuring the natural linewidth of an
excited nuclear state
Gamma-gamma coincidence measurement
Construction of a nuclear level scheme based
on the laboration Gamma-gamma coincidence
measurement.
SUGGESTED COURSE LITERATURE:
K. Krane,
Introductory Nuclear Physics, J. Wiley & Sons, 1988
N.A. Jelley, Fundamentals of Nuclear Physics, Oxford
University Press, 1990
S.S.M. Wong, Introductory Nuclear Physics, 2nd Ed., J.
Wiley& Sons, 1998
C.A. Bertulani, Nuclear Physics in a Nutshell,
Princeton University Press, 2007
OTHER COURSE
MATERIALS:
Lecture notes
Lab instructions
EXAMINATION will be in
the form of a
written examination and written reports from the laboratory work.
Grades are determined based on the result of the
written examination.
All lab reports must be accepted, but they are not
graded.
Grading scheme for the written examination:
E: At least 50% correct answers.
D: At least 60% correct answers.
C: At least 70% correct answers.
B: At least 80% correct answers.
A: At least 90% correct
answers.
Fx: 40 –
49% correct answers
Allowed materials during the
written examination: Mathematical Handbook (Råde and Westergren/Spiegel/Abramowitz
and Stegun or similar), calculator, writing
materials.
Links to nuclear physics labs and resources:
European Science Foundation: NuPECC
US Department of Energy - Nuclear
Physics
RHIC, Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
Brookhaven National Lab databases
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute databases
Stone table of nuclear electromagnetic moments
International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) Live Nuclear Web Chart
American Physical Society, Division of
Nuclear Physics
European Infrastructure Network: Frontiers in Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Astrophysics:
Nuclear Astrophysics Data - LBNL
Radiation protection:
Swedish Radiation Safety Authority
Nuclear medicine:
Society for nuclear medicine (USA)
A few
"popular" links:
ABC of nuclear physics
CPEP- Contemporary Physics Education
Project
Nature at the femto-scale (booklet on NP
research in popular form)
Are you interested in a M.Sc. diploma work project in Nuclear Physics? –
Contact the course coordinator for information!
CONTACTS:
Course coordinator and lecturer:
Bo Cederwall (office phone +46(0)73 7650580)
Course assistants:
Chong Qi
Last updated 2020-01-08 / BC