Syllabus
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Course Code: PHY 403B Course Name: Nuclear Physics-II |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Nuclear Models-I (12 hrs.) Liquid drop model, Outlines of Bohr and Wheeler theory of nuclear fission, Concept of magic numbers, The properties of magic nucleus, Nuclear Shell Model, Predictions of shell closure on the basis of harmonic oscillator potential, Need of introducing spin-orbit coupling to reproduce magic numbers. Extreme single particle model and its predictions regarding ground state spin parity, magnetic moment and electric quadrupole moments. |
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| 2 | Nuclear Models-II (12 hrs.) Nuclear surface deformations, General parameterization, Types of multipole deformations, Quadrupole deformations, Symmetries in collective space, Surface vibrations, Vibrations of a classical liquid drop, The Harmonic quadrupole oscillator, The collective angular momentum operator, The collective quadrupole operator, Quadrupole vibrational spectrum, Rotating nuclei, The rigid rotor, The symmetric rotor, The asymmetric rotor. |
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| 3 | Nuclear Reaction Theory (12 hrs.) Nuclear reactions and cross sections, Resonance : Breit-Wigner dispersion formula for l= 0, Breit-Wigner dispersion formula for all values of l, The compound nucleus, Continuum theory of cross section , Statistical theory of nuclear reactions, Evaporation probability and cross sections for specific reactions, Kinematics of the stripping and pick-up reactions, Theory of stripping and pick-up reactions. |
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| 4 | Heavy Ion Reactions and Exotic Nuclei (12 hrs.) Nuclear phenomena in heavy ion collisions: Coulomb excitation, Quasielastic reactions, fusion reactions, Deep inelastic reactions. Semi classical description of scattering: Role of classical deflection function, Special features: Interference, Rainbow scattering, Glory effect, Spiral scattering, Elastic scattering of alpha particles by atomic nuclei. Exotic nuclei: Production of rare isotopes, Breakup mechanisms of weakly bound nuclei, Halo and Borromean nuclei. Fusion mechanisms of weakly bound nuclei, Single channel description of fusion, Hill-Wheeler formula, Wong formula, barrier distribution, threshold anomaly. |
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