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8.276 :: Nuclear and Particle Physics |
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Syllabus and Schedule
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| Date |
Topic |
Chapters |
| 2/6, 2/8 |
Introduction to particles and nuclei; terminology; scattering |
1, 2, 4 |
| 2/13, 2/15 |
Size and shape of nuclei; electron scattering |
5 |
| 2/20 |
[no class: Presidents' Day] |
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| 2/22 |
Electron-nucleon scattering; deep inelastic scattering |
6 |
| 2/27, 3/1 |
The parton model |
7 |
| 3/6, 3/8 |
Quarks and gluons; the strong interaction |
8, 9 |
| 3/13, 3/15 |
The weak interaction |
10 |
| 3/20 |
Exam 1 |
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| 3/22 |
The electroweak interaction |
11 |
| 3/27, 3/29 |
[no classes: Spring Vacation] |
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| 4/3, 4/5 |
The Standard Model; Mesons |
12, 13, 14 |
| 4/10, 4/12 |
Baryons |
15 |
| 4/17 |
[no class: Patriots' Day] |
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| 4/19 |
The nucleon-nucleon interactions |
16 |
| 4/24, 4/26 |
Nuclear models |
17 |
| 5/1, 5/3 |
Nuclear structure and reactions |
17 |
| 5/8 |
Exam 2 |
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| 5/10 |
Nuclear thermodynamics; heavy ion physics |
19 |
| 5/15, 5/17 |
Grand unified theories; particle physics and cosmology |
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