Schedule for PHYS 7501 (Fall 2017)
*Schedule subject to change pending reasonable advance notice
Date | Lecture Topic | Material Due | |
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Tue. Aug. 29 | Nuclear Properties | GA1 | |
Thu. Aug. 31 | Nuclear Phenomenology | GA2 | |
Tue. Sep. 5 | Nuclear Structure 1 | GA3 | |
Thu. Sep. 7 | Nuclear Structure 2 | HW1, GA4 | |
Tue. Sep. 12 | Nuclear Structure 3 | GA5 | |
Thu. Sep. 14 | Radioactive Decay | GA6 | |
Alpha Decay | GA7 | ||
Beta Decay | HW2, GA8 | ||
Tue. Sep. 26 | Gamma Decay | Review Topic, GA9 | |
Fission | GA10 | ||
Tue. Oct. 3 | Nucleon-nucleon Potential | GA11 | |
Thu. Oct. 5 | Review of Section 1 | HW3 | |
No Class, Fall Reading Day | |||
Thu. Oct. 12 | Midterm Exam | Exam, HW4 | |
Tue. Oct. 17 | Ab Initio Theory Discussion: Paper 1, Paper 2 | ||
Thu. Oct. 19 | Shell Model | ||
Tue. Oct. 24 | Nuclear Reactions | GA12 | |
Scattering | GA13 | ||
Tue. Oct. 31 | Direct Reactions | GA14 | |
Thu. Nov. 2 | Resonant Reactions | GA15 | |
Tue. Nov. 7 | Statistical Reactions | HW5, GA16, Review Outline | |
Thu. Nov. 9 | Other Reactions | ||
Tue. Nov. 14 | Astrophysical Reaction Rates | GA17 | |
Thu. Nov. 16 | Nucleosynthesis | HW6, GA18 | |
Experimental Techniques | GA19 | ||
No Class, Thanksgiving Break | |||
Tue. Nov. 28 | Nuclear Applications | GA20 | |
Thu. Nov. 30 | Review of Section 2 | ||
Tue. Dec. 5 | Final Presentations 1 | HW7, Presentation Slides, Review Paper | |
Thu. Dec. 7 | Final Presentations 2 | ||
Tue. Dec. 12 | Final Exam (12:20-2:20pm) | Exam |