Survey of Nuclear Physics 802/492
Spring 2018

Witek Nazarewicz, with Scott Bogner and Dean Lee
TA: Tong Li

Place: 1415 Biomedical & Physical Sciences
Time: M W F 9:10-10:00 am
SYLLABUS
email contact: witek at frib.msu.edu  

 

REFERENCES
Recommended textbooks:
Supplementary texts:
  • "Introductory Nuclear Physics", Samuel S. M. Wong (Wiley-Interscience, 1998/99) Library Catalog QC776.W66, ISBN: 0471239739
  • "Basic Ideas and Concepts in Nuclear Physics", K. Heyde, (CRC Press, 2005), ISBN: 0750309806
Other resources:

 

LECTURE NOTES
Jan. 8: Introduction (1) Jan. 10: Introduction (2) Jan. 12: Introduction (3)
Jan. 17: Symmetries (1) Jan. 19: Symmetries (2) Jan. 22: Symmetries (3)
Jan. 24: Symmetries (4) Jan. 26: Symmetries (5) Jan. 29: Properties of nuclei: sizes (1)
Jan. 31: Properties of nuclei: sizes (2) Feb. 2: Properties of nuclei: binding (1) Feb. 5: Properties of nuclei: binding (2)
Feb. 7: Properties of nuclei: binding (3) Feb. 9: Properties of nuclei: shapes Feb. 12: Fission (1)
Feb. 14: Fission (2) Feb. 16 Nuclear shells (1) Feb. 19: Nuclear shells (2)
Feb. 21: Open quantum systems (1) Feb. 23: Open quantum systems (2) Feb. 26: Open quantum systems (3)
Feb. 28: Alpha decay Mar. 2 Proton decay, EM decay (1) Mar. 12: EM decay (2)
Mar. 14: EM decay (3) Mar. 16: Beta decay (1) Mar. 19: Beta decay (2)
Mar. 21: Beta decay (3) Mar. 23: Beta decay (4) Mar. 26: Neutrinos (1)
Mar. 28: Neutrinos (2) Mar. 30: QCD (1) Apr. 2: QCD (2)
Apr. 4: QCD (3) Apr. 6: Hadrons (1) Apr. 9: Hadrons (2)
Apr. 11: Hadrons (3) Apr. 13: Nuclear force (1) Apr. 16: Nuclear force (2)
Apr. 18: Models of nuclei (1) Apr. 20: Nuclear astrophysics
Artemis Spyrou 		Apr. 23: Relativistic heavy ion collisions
Scott Pratt
Apr. 25: Models of nuclei (2) Apr. 27: Exotic nuclei May 1: Final Exam
FINAL EXAM: PHY 802 presentations 2018 PHY 802 presentations 2017 PHY 802 presentations 2016 PHY 492 Sample Essays
May 1, 2018, 12:45-2:45pm, 1415 BPS; 3pm-3:45pm 1300 Auditorium FRIB