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PHYS 4608

Nuclear Physics

0.5 credit · Undergraduate

Ground state properties of nuclei. Nuclear models, binding energy, properties of excited nuclei. Alpha, beta and gamma decay. Passage of radiation through matter, detectors. Nuclear reactions, cross sections, fission, fusion. Elements of neutron physics.

Prerequisites & course information

Prerequisite(s): PHYS 3606 or PHYS 3608 or permission of the Department. Lectures three hours a week.

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