Schedule for PHYS 7501 (Fall 2017)


*Schedule subject to change pending reasonable advance notice

Date Lecture Topic Material Due
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
Tue. Sep. 19
Fri. Sep. 15
Alpha Decay GA7
Thu. Sep. 21
Mon. Sep. 25
Beta Decay HW2, GA8
Tue. Sep. 26 Gamma Decay Review Topic, GA9
Thu. Sep. 28
Fission GA10
Tue. Oct. 3 Nucleon-nucleon Potential GA11
Thu. Oct. 5 Review of Section 1 HW3
Tue. Oct. 10 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
Thu. Oct. 26
Wed. Oct. 25
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
Tue. Nov. 21
Fri. Nov. 17
Experimental Techniques GA19
Thu. Nov. 23 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