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<math>{A \atop Z} X_N</math> = An atom identified by the Chemical symbol <math>X</math> with <math>Z</math> protons and <math>N</math> neutrons. | <math>{A \atop Z} X_N</math> = An atom identified by the Chemical symbol <math>X</math> with <math>Z</math> protons and <math>N</math> neutrons. | ||
| − | Notice that <math>Z</math> and <math>N</math> are redundant since <math>Z</math> can be identified by the chemical symbol <math>X</math> and<math> N</math> can be determined from both <math>A</math> and the chemical symbol <math>X</math>. | + | Notice that <math>Z</math> and <math>N</math> are redundant since <math>Z</math> can be identified by the chemical symbol <math>X</math> and <math> N</math> can be determined from both <math>A</math> and the chemical symbol <math>X</math>. |
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| + | ;example: | ||
| + | ;<math>{240 \atop }Pu =</math> | ||
==Historical Review== | ==Historical Review== | ||
Revision as of 20:23, 22 January 2008
Advanced Nuclear Physics
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Catalog Description:
PHYS 609 Advanced Nuclear Physics 3 credits. Nucleon-nucleon interaction, bulk nuclear structure, microscopic models of nuclear structure, collective models of nuclear structure, nuclear decays and reactions, electromagnetic interactions, weak interactions, strong interactions, nucleon structure, nuclear applications, current topics in nuclear physics. PREREQ: PHYS 624 OR PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.
PHYS 624-625 Quantum Mechanics 3 credits. Schrodinger wave equation, stationary state solution; operators and matrices; perturbation theory, non-degenerate and degenerate cases; WKB approximation, non-harmonic oscillator, etc.; collision problems. Born approximation, method of partial waves. PHYS 624 is a PREREQ for 625. PREREQ: PHYS g561-g562, PHYS 621 OR PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.
NucPhys_I_Syllabus
Introduction
Nomenclature
| Variable | Definition |
| Z | Atomic Number |
| A | Atomic Mass |
| L | Angular Momentum |
| L | Angular Momentum |
| L | Angular Momentum |
| L | Angular Momentum |
| L | Angular Momentum |
| J | Nuclear Angular Momentum |
Notation
= An atom identified by the Chemical symbol with protons and neutrons.
Notice that and are redundant since can be identified by the chemical symbol and can be determined from both and the chemical symbol .
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