NUCLEAR PHYSICS
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2022/2023
- Teacher
- ALESSANDRO DRAGO
- Credits
- 6
- Didactic period
- Primo Semestre
- SSD
- FIS/04
Training objectives
- Knowledge: an introduction to nuclear and quark physics. Abilities: to learn a few basic techniques useful in studying atomic nuclei and hadrons.
Prerequisites
- Very good knowledge of non-relativistic quantum mechanics. Dirac equation. Basic knowledge of field theory.
Course programme
- 1) Strong interaction, nuclear matter, independent particle approximation, Bethe-Goldstone equation (14 hours)
2) Walecka model for nuclear physics, chiral symmetry, sigma model (14 hours)
3) quark dynamics: non-relativistic model, MIT bag model, solitons (14 hours). Didactic methods
- This is a theoretical course. A few techniques for numerical analysis are used. The course aim at learning the dynamics of nucleons and quarks, by using standard tecniques of theoretical physics.
Learning assessment procedures
- Oral exam. The student has to be able to discuss the models for nuclear and for hadronic physics introduced during the course. The preparation of the student will be tested from his/her ability to discuss the problems of nuclear physics introduced in the course.
The exam will be centered on the three main topics discussed in the course: dynamics of nucleons, fundamental symmetries, dynamics of quarks. Reference texts
- Main references:
Walecka: theoretical nuclear and subnuclear physics.
Badhuri: models of the nucleon.
Further references:
Foundations of Nuclear and Particle Physics - Cambridge Univ. Press.
