SUBJECT
Title
Nuclear physics
Type of instruction
lecture + practical
Level
master
Faculty
Part of degree program
Credits
4
Recommended in
Semester 1
Typically offered in
Autumn semester
Course description
Basic properties of nuclei, mass, charge- and matter distribution, binding energy. Properties of excited states, energy, spin, parity, isospin, nuclear moments, level density. Features of the strong interaction, nucleon-nucleon scatterings. Weak and electromagnetic interactions of nuclei. Nuclear models, shell model, collective models, rotational and vibrational states. Nuclear reactions, direct and compound reaction models, resonances.
Readings
required readings:
- S. M. Wong: Introductory nuclear physics (Wiley-VCH, 1999)
recommended readings:
- T. Fényes: Structure of atomic nuclei (Akademiai Kiado, 2002)
- W.S.C. Williams: Nuclear and particle physics (Oxford Science Publications, 1991)