Code: 02ZJFY Fundamentals of Nuclear Physics
Lecturer: RNDr. Vladimír Wagner CSc. Weekly load: 3P+2C Completion: A, EX
Department: 14102 Credits: 5 Semester: W
Description:
This scientific field presents formidable challenges both experimentally and theoretically, simply because we are dealing with the submicroscopic domain, where much of our classical intuition regarding the behaviour of objects fails us. The lecture is a basic introduction to very interesting regions of subatomic physics.
Contents:
1.Introduction - basic definitions and historical review
2.Collision kinematics
3.Cross section properties
4.Basic features of atomic nuclei and nuclear forces
5.Nuclear models
6.Radioactive decay of nuclei
7.Experimental techniques of nuclear and particle physics
8.Nuclear reactions
9.Nuclear matter, its study and features
10.Particles and their interactions
11.Unified theories of matter and interactions
12.Applications of nuclear and particle physics, nuclear astrophysics
Recommended literature:
Key references:
[1] W.S.C. Williams: Nuclear and Particle Physics, Oxford Science Publications, 2001
[2] B. Povh, K. Rith, Ch. Scholz, F. Zetsche: Particles and Nuclei. An Introduction to the Physical Concepts, Springer
2004
[3] B. R. Martin: Nuclear and Particle Physics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2005

Recommended references:
[4] Ashok Das, Thomas Ferbel: Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics, John Wiley and Sons, 1994
[5] P.E.Hodgson, E Gadioli and E.Gadioli Erba: Introductory Nuclear Physics, Oxford Science Publications, 1997
[6] A. Beiser: Concepts of Modern Physics, McGraw-Hill Companies Date Published, 1995

Media and tools:
Lecture room with dataprojector
Keywords:
Radioactivity, nuclear decay, nuclear reactions, elementary particles, quarks

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