Phelma Formation 2022

Nuclear physics 1A - 4PMGPNU2

  • Number of hours

    • Lectures 6.0
    • Tutorials 6.0

    ECTS

    ECTS 0.0

Goal(s)

This set of lectures is aimed at providing a reminder about the description of the matter structure and the interactions between its constituents. The course will remind the students of the atomic model and will then focuss on the description of the nucleus and its interactions.

This lectures serves as an introduction to the "Interaction particle-matter" (IRM) course. It is a pre-requisite for students without any knowledge on subatomic physics nor special relativity.

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Content(s)

Special Relativity

Space-time transformation, Energy-momentum
Reminder of Classical and Relativistic Mechanics
Tools for the description of scattering particles

Notion of interaction cross-section and mean path
Kinematics of a collision
Historic of Nucleus

Context : the Bohr atomic model
The Rutherford's experiment and the discovery of nucleus
Mathematical Interpretation of the Rutherford's experiment
Simplified Model & General Properties for a nucleus

The MIT "bag" model of the nucleus
Classification of nuclei
Mass and binding energy
The Von Weizsacker Nuclear Model

Relevant terms for the Von Weizsacker's nucleus description
Nucleus Properties and Comparison to real data experiments



Prerequisites

Test



Additional Information

Course list
Curriculum->GEN->Semester 7

Bibliography

P.E. Hodgson, "Introductory nuclear physics", Oxford University Press, 1997
K. Heyde, "Basic ideas and concepts in nuclear physics - An introductory approach", IOP Publishing Ltd, 1999
Kenneth S. Krane, "Introductory nuclear physics", John Wiley & sons, 1988
N.A., Jelley, "Fundamentals of nuclear physics", Cambridge University Press, 1990
W.S.C. Williams, "Nuclear and particle physics", Clarendon Press, 1996
L. Valentin, "Physique subatomique - Noyaux et particules", (2 tomes), Hermann, 1982
D. Blanc, "Eléments de physique nucléaire", Masson, 1960