Dr. Lambe Barandovski, Professor
Course content:
- Basic properties of nuclei: composition, mass, radius, binding energy, separation energy nucleon, Semi – empirical formula, stability.
- Forces acting between nucleons, Theory of the deuteron, magnetic and quadrupole moment.
- Nucleon-nucleon scattering and the field theory of the strong nuclear force.
- Nuclear models: Drop model, Fermi model, Shell model, Collective models.
- Spin and parity of nuclei in ground and excited state, magnetic and quadrupole moment of nuclei.
- Natural and artificially obtained radioactivity. Radioactive isotope dating.
- Theory of Alpha, Beta and Gamma decay. Neutrino physics.
- Interaction of ionizing radiation and matter, Detectors and dosimetry of ionizing radiation.
- Accelerators of charged particles.
- Nuclear reactions, models and mechanisms.
- Physics of neutrons, fission, fusion, nuclear reactors.
- Elementary particles.