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Name: Nuclear and Particle Physics
Code: PH851
Course type: Programme Core
Credits: 3
L-T-P: 3-0-0
Course is valued for CGPA calculation?: Yes
Description
M.Sc.(Physics)
Nuclear & Particle Physics - PH 851
Course Plan and evaluation Plan
1. Course Code : PH 851
2. Course Title : Nuclear & Particle Physics
3. L - T - P : 3 – 0 – 0
4. Credits : 03
5. Pre-requisite :B.Sc. with Physics
6. Course Instructor : Dr.( Mrs) H.D.Shashikala
7. Teaching Department : Physics
8. Course Objective: To train the students in Nuclear Physics concepts essential for research and
other Industrial applications.
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9. Course Outcome :
i. To make the student understand basic nuclear theory
ii. To make the student familiar with some basic nuclear physics experimental techniques
10. Course Coverage:
Approximate Number of
Stage
Contents Lectures/Tutorials
No.
required
General properties of Nuclei – Nuclear radius, charge distribution,
01. Nuclear binding energy, electric and magnetic moments, Nuclear
models- Nuclear potentials and Nuclear force
06 + 01
Radioactivity and Nuclear decay-Alfa decay-Gamow’s theory, Beta
02.
decay - Fermi’s theory, Gamma decay, Nuclear reactions
07 + 01
Scattering theory(Qualitative)-Rutherford scattering, nucleon-
03 nucleon scattering, partial wave analysis, cross section, optical
theorem 09+ 01
Experimental nuclear physics- detectors, Gas and solid state
04
detectors, Mass spectroscopy, particle accelerators
09+ 01
Particle physics – elementary particles, classi cation, quark
05 05 + 01
model
Books :
1. Introductory Nuclear Physics by Kenneth Krane, John Wiley and Sons, Latest Edition
2. Introduction to Elementary Particles by Gri th
3. Atomic Nucleus by R.D.Evans
4. Nuclear Physics by Kaplan
Evaluation Plan:
Quizzes + Assignment : 30% + 10%
Mid Semester Examination : 20%
End Semester Examination : 40%
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UGC/CSIR NET for JRF and Lecturership
Physical Sciences
Nuclear and Particle Physics
Basic nuclear properties: size, shape, charge distribution, spin and parity; Binding energy, semi-
empirical mass formula; Liquid drop model; Fission and fusion; Nature of the nuclear force, form of
nucleon-nucleon potential; Charge-independence and charge-symmetry of nuclear forces; Isospin;
Deuteron problem; Evidence of shell structure, single- particle shell model, its validity and limitations;
Rotational spectra; Elementary ideas of alpha, beta and gamma decays and their selection rules;
Nuclear reactions, reaction mechanisms, compound nuclei and direct reactions; Classi cation of
fundamental forces; Elementary particles (quarks, baryons, mesons, leptons); Spin and parity
assignments, isospin, strangeness; Gell-MannNishijima formula; C, P, and T invariance and
applications of symmetry arguments to particle reactions, parity non-conservation in weak
interaction; Relativistic kinematics.
Faculties:
H.d. Shashikala
Server: # N1
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