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 introduce students to the fundamental principles and concepts governing nuclear and
particle physics
 observational aspects of nuclei, including their binding energy, size, spin and parity
 nuclear models: liquid drop and shell models
 the semi-empirical mass formula and deductions from it concerning nuclear stability
 The classification of fundamental particles and their interactions according to the Standard
Model quark structure of mesons and baryons.
 To find out properties of the strong and weak interactions - scattering Theory
 The course is designed to prepare the students for their CSIR-UGC National Eligibility
Test (NET) for Junior Research Fellowship and Lecturer-ship.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

After successful completion of this course, students shall be able to:
 The students gather advanced knowledge in Nuclear physics. The different
9. nuclear interactions and the corresponding nuclear potentials and its dependence on the
couplings are learned.
 The knowledge helps to choose for an Advance course in Nuclear and particle Physics.
 The students will be able to understand the structure of nuclei through nuclear models and
nuclear reaction dynamics and its mechanism. Also, the students will:
 Demonstrate knowledge of fundamental aspects of the structure of the nucleus, radioactive
decay, nuclear reactions and the interaction of radiation and matter.
 Discuss nuclear and radiation physics connection with other physics disciplines – solid
state, elementary particle physics, radiochemistry, astronomy.
 Determine nuclear properties such as binding energy, spin and parity in the framework of
the liquid drop model and the shell model of the nucleus.
 Use the liquid drop model and the law of radioactive decay to describe alpha-decay, beta-
decay, fission and fusion, predict decay reactions and calculate the energy release in
nuclear decays
 Explain the experimental evidence for quarks, gluons, quark confinement, asymptotic
freedom, sea quarks, the running coupling constant and colour charge

THEORY (45 Hours)

UNIT 1 (15 Hours)
Nuclear shapes and sizes: matter and charge distribution Quantum properties: parity, spin and
magnetic dipole moment Mass spectroscopy, binding energy, Fusion and fission Semi-empirical
mass formula: the Liquid drop model. Nuclear size determination from electron scattering; nuclear
form factor, Rutherford scattering.
Nuclear Interaction (Classification of fundamental forces, Nature of the nuclear forces, Qualitative
aspects of nuclear force: Strength and range, Two-body bound state problem (deuteron), Nucleon-
nucleon scattering at low energies, Saturation of nuclear forces and charge-independence and
charge- symmetry, Nuclear reaction mechanisms, Compound nucleus reaction, Direct nuclear
reactions and heavy ion reactions.

UNIT 2 (15 Hours)
Nuclear Structure:Evidence of shell structure, Single particle shell model its validity and
limitations, Collective Model: rotational spectra.
Theory of α-decay and β-ray spectra, Fermi theory of β-decay and selection rules, conditions for
spontaneous emission, continuous β-ray spectrum and neutrino hypothesis, Theory of γ-decays
and selection rules.

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