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Study Unit 1: Nuclear structure and decay modes Wed Jul 29, 2020 12:00 am - Wed Sep 02, 2020 12:00 am  | 

1.1: The Composition of the Nucleus 

 

1.2: Ground-State Properties of Nuclei

  •             Size and Shape of Nuclei
  •             Nuclear Stability
  •             Masses and Binding Energies 
  •             Liquid-Drop Model and Semiempirical Mass Formula
  •             Nuclear Angular Momenta and Magnetic Moments 

 

1.3: Radioactivity <<History>>


1.4: Alpha, Beta, and Gamma Decay

Study Unit 2: Nuclear Force and ReactionsWed Sep 09, 2020 12:00 am - Wed Sep 16, 2020 12:00 am  | 

2.1: The Nuclear Force

  •     Characteristics of the Nuclear Force
  •     The Nuclear Exchange Force 

2.2: The Shell Model


2.3: Nuclear Reactions

  •     Energy Conservation
  •     Cross Section
  •     Compound Nucleus 


2.4: Fission and Fusion, Nuclear Power

  •     The Source of the Sun’s Energy

2.5: Some Applications

  •     Neutron Activation Analysis
  •     Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
  •     Computer-Assisted Tomography
  •     Radioactive Dating

Study Unit 3: Introduction to Particle PhysicsWed Oct 14, 2020 12:00 am - Wed Nov 04, 2020 12:00 am  | 

3.1: Basic Concepts‚ Antiparticles, Feynman Diagrams, Leptons and Quarks 

3.2: Fundamental Interactions and the Force Carriers

  •               The strong interaction
  •             The electromagnetic interaction
  •             The weak interaction
  •             The gravitational interaction 

3.3: Conservation Laws and Symmetries ‚ Baryon Number, Lepton Number

3.4: The Standard Model

  •             Quark Model of the Hadrons

  •             The Electroweak Theory

3.5: Beyond the Standard Model

  •             Grand Unification Theories (GUT)
  •             SUperSYmmetry (SUSY)
  •             Proton Decay