Nuclear and particle physics Yachay

Material for the Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics course at Yachay

2024 2nd semester

Syllabus

1. Introduction (Krane: Introductory Nuclear Physics - chapter 1, Griffiths: Introduction to Elementary Particles - chapter 1.11)
2. Nuclear structure (Krane: Introductory Nuclear Physics - chapter 3 - 5)
3. Nuclear decay and Radioactivity (Krane: Introductory Nuclear Physics - chapter 6.1, 8 - 10)
4. Nuclear reactions (Krane: Introductory Nuclear Physics - chapter 13 - 14)
5. Elementary particle dynamics (Griffiths: Introduction to Elementary Particles - chapter 1.11, 2.1 - 2.4.4)
6. Symmetries (Griffiths: Introduction to Elementary Particles - chapter 4.1 - 4.3)

Evaluation

• Quizzes - 40% of the grade
• Midterm exam - 30% of the grade
• Final exam - 30% of the grade

Recommended books

Krane, Kenneth: Introductory Nuclear Physics

Griffiths, David J.: Introduction to Elementary Particles

Perkins, Donald H. Introduction to High Energy Physics

Lecture notes

The slides presented in class are in the folder called slides.

Slides will be updated regularly.

Contact

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