PHYSICS 237 -- NUCLEI & ELEMENTARY PARTICLES

Level
Nuclei and Particles by Segre
Introductory Nuclear Physics by Kane
Elements of Nuclear Physics by Brcham
Introduction to High-Energy Physics by Perkins
Concepts of Particle Physics by Gottfried and Weisskopf
Experiments in Modern Physics by Melissinos

Prerequisite
Physics 235 or equivalent

Syllabus
  1. Basic tools and historical perspective
    1. The concept of the nucleon and the early development of nuclear physics. The forces and force laws. Nuclear size, shape, binding, and abundance. Overview of the elementary particles.
    2. Kinematics and transformations. The concept of cross section. Random decay law.
    3. The concept of symmetry and conservation laws.
    4. Overview of the historical development of the standard model.
  2. Elementary nuclear physics.
    1. The nuclear force. The deuteron. Nucleon-Nucleon scattering.
    2. The nuclar shell model.
    3. Collective models
    4. Nuclear Scattering and reactions. Scattering theory.
    5. Electromagnetic transitions.
    6. Nuclear beta decay
    7. Fission and alpha decay.
  3. Elementary Particles
    1. Particles and antiparticles.
    2. Baryons and Mesons. Flavors and the quark model.
    3. Strong interaction selection rules. Hadron hadron interactions.
    4. Scattering of elementary particles.
    5. Leptons and the weak force.
    6. Lepton scattering.
  4. Forces unification and the Standard Model.
    1. Symmetry violation
    2. The weak interactions of quarks and leptons.
    3. Phenomenology and the development of the electroweak model.
    4. Quantum Chromodynamics.
  5. Techniques
    1. Energy loss of charged particles.
    2. Detectors
    3. Accelerators
  6. Related Topics
    1. Astrophysics
    2. Cosmic ray physics


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