Location and Times |
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Lectures will be held in Room 24-115 each
Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30 to 11:00 AM.
Recitations
will be held in Room ---- each ------ and
------ from ---- to ----- |
September |
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3,8 |
Intro lectures: Basic Nucleus Concepts, Wave-Particle
duality &
historical background |
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10 |
Quantum Mechanics #1- New Concepts
-Postulate 1 (Observables & Operators)
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Liboff 3.1-3.1
Postulates handout |
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15,17 |
Quantum Mechanics #2 #3
-Eigenvalue Problem, compare classical state, free particles
-Postulate 2 (quantum state, psi)
-Postulate 3 (measurement probabilities)
-Free particle in box, quantization of
energy levels
-Interpretation of the Wave Function |
Liboff 4.1,4.2, 4.3 |
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22 |
No class (Student
holiday) |
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24 |
Quantum Mechanics #4
- Solutions in classically allowed and disallowed
regions
- 1D scattering problem, outgoing B.C.
- normalization of psi,
flux interpretation,
- transmission and reflection coefficients.
- Particle in square well energy eigenvalue problem
- Graphical solution - fitting wavelength in
well |
Liboff 7.5, 7.6, 7.7
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29, 1 |
Quantum Mechanics #5 #6
- Commutators
- Heisenberg Uncertainty principle
- Degenerary, complete sets of commuting observables |
Liboff 5.1-5.5
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October |
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6, 8 |
Quantum Mechanics #7
- Postulate 4 (time evolution) Conservation Laws
- d < A >/ dt Expression
- Ehrenfest principle and classical limit |
Liboff 3.4, 3.5, 6.2 |
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Quantum Mechanics #8
- Quantum mechanical Angular momentum
- Eignevalue problem (for L) via commutator algebra
- Algebraic possibility of 1/2 integer l values
- Orbital angular momentum
- Spin angular momentum |
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13 |
No class (Columbus
Day break) |
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15 |
Quantum Mechanics #9
-- Coupled and Uncoupled representations
- Many particle wave functions
- Symmetries of the many particle psi function
- Fermions and the Pauli exclusion principle
- Bosons
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Liboff 9.1-9.3
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15 |
Evening review for
Mid-Term Exam |
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16 |
Mid-Term
Exam (Evening) |
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20, 22 |
Nuclear Structure #1 #2
- Essential Features of nuclear force
- Guess the potential, Vnuc
- Center of mass, remove degree of freedom
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Deuteron eigenvalue problem, ground
state
- Physical picture of deuteron
- Spin dependence of the Nuclear Force
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Krane 3 & 4 |
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27, 29 |
Nuclear Structure #3 #4
- Quantum Mechanical Scattering
- Scattering Amplitude
- Method of Partial Waves & Phase Shifts
- Neutron Scattering |
Liboff ??
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November |
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3, 5 |
Nuclear Structure #5 #6
- Nuclear Shell Model, Oscillator Levels
- Spin-orbit coupling, Magic numbers
- Spin-parity assignments of ground states
- Excited state spin-parity |
Krane 5 |
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10 |
No class
(Veterans Day Vacation) |
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12 |
Radioactive Decays #1
- Energetics of decay, nuclear stability
- Semi-empirical mass formula
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17, 19 |
Radioactive Decays #2 #3
- Alpha decay
- Gamma decay (quantum transitions)
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Liboff 10.7, Krane 9, 10 |
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24 |
Radioactive Decays #4
- Beta decay
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Krane 9 |
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26 |
Interactions of Radiation and Matter #1
- Charged
particle interactions
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December |
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1, 3 |
Interactions of Radiation and Matter
#2 #3
- Gamma ray interactions
- Pair production and Bremsstrahlung
- Neutron Interactions
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Krane 12 |
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8, 10 |
Fission and Fusion |
Krane 13, Krane 14
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15 -19 |
FINAL EXAM WEEK |
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