Location and Times |
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Lectures will be held in Room 24-115 each
Tuesday and Thursday from 2:30 to 4:00 PM.
Recitations
will be held in Room 24-307 each Monday and
Wednesday from 1:00 to 2:00. |
September |
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6, 11 |
Intro lectures: Basic Nucleus Concepts, Wave-Particle
duality &
historical background |
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13 |
Quantum Mechanics #1- New Concepts
-Postulate 1 (Observables & Operators)
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Liboff 3.1-3.3
Postulates handout |
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18, 20 |
Quantum Mechanics #2
-Eigenvalue Problem, compare classical state, free particles
-Postulate 2 (quantum state, psi)
-Postulate 3 (measurement probabilities)
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25, 27 |
Quantum Mechanics #3 #4
-Free particle in box, quantization of energy
levels
-Interpretation of the Wave Function
- 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 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
Liboff 7.5, 7.6, 7.7
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October |
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2, 4 |
Quantum Mechanics #5 #6
- Commutators
- Heisenberg Uncertainty principle
- Degenerary, complete sets of commuting observables |
Liboff 5.1-5.5 |
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9 |
No class (Columbus
Day break) |
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11 |
Quantum Mechanics #7
- Postulate 4 (time evolution) Conservation
Laws
- d < A >/ dt
Expression
- Ehrenfest principle and classical limit
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Liboff 3.4,3.5,6.2
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16, 18 |
Quantum Mechanics #8 #9
- 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
- Coupled and Uncoupled representations
- Many particle wave functions
- Symmetries of the many particle psi function
- Fermions and the Pauli exclusion principle
- Bosons |
Liboff 9.1-9.3 |
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23 |
Review and Mid-Term
Exam (Evening) |
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25 |
Nuclear Structure #1
- Essential Features of nuclear force
- Guess the potential, Vnuc
- Center of mass, remove degree of freedom
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Krane 3 |
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30 |
Nuclear Structure #2
- Deuteron eigenvalue problem, ground state
- Physical picture of deuteron
- Spin dependence of the Nuclear Force
- "Tensor" interaction |
Krane 4
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November |
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1 |
Nuclear Structure #3
-Nuclear Shell Model, oscillator level
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Krane 5 |
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6, 8 |
Nuclear Structure #4 #5
-Nuclear Shell Model #2, Spin-orbit coupling,
Magic numbers
-Radioactive decay, Alpha decay |
Krane 5 |
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15, 20 |
Gamma Decay
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Liboff 10.7, Krane 10 |
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22 |
No class (Thanksgiving
Day break) |
Krane 8 |
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27 |
Beta Decay
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Krane 9
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29 |
Nuclear Interactions #1, - Charged
Particle Interactions
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Krane 7
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December |
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4,6 |
Nuclear Interactions #2 #3
-Gamma ray interactions
-Neutron Interactions |
Krane 12 |
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11 |
Nuclear Interactions #4 #5
-Fission
-Fusion |
Krane 13
Krane 14
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17 -21 |
FINAL EXAM WEEK |
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