Advanced Nuclear Physics

3 credits · Graduate

Topics to be chosen from the following: properties of nuclei, the nuclear force and the two-nucleon system; nuclear structure; nuclear models; the collective model; many-body basis states; Hartree-Fock Hamiltonian; spherical and deformed shell model; nuclear excitation and the electromagnetic transition; weak interaction and beta-decay; alpha decay; nuclear fission; thermonuclear fusion; nuclear reactions; compound nucleus formation; direct reactions; the optical model; intermediate energy nucleon-induced reactions; electron- and photon-induced reactions; meson-nucleon and meson-nucleus reactions; heavy-ion reactions. Prerequisite(s): Permission of the Chair/Instructor