Tiziano VIRGILI | FUNDAMENTALS OF NUCLEAR AND SUBNUCLEAR PHYSICS
Tiziano VIRGILI FUNDAMENTALS OF NUCLEAR AND SUBNUCLEAR PHYSICS
cod. 0512600012
FUNDAMENTALS OF NUCLEAR AND SUBNUCLEAR PHYSICS
| 0512600012 | |
| DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS "E. R. CAIANIELLO" | |
| EQF6 | |
| PHYSICS | |
| 2024/2025 |
| YEAR OF COURSE 3 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017 | |
| SPRING SEMESTER |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIS/01 | 6 | 48 | LESSONS |
| Exam | Date | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| APPELLO DI FEBBRAIO 2025 | 19/02/2025 - 10:00 | SESSIONE DI RECUPERO |
| Objectives | |
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| (1) KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY OF UNDERSTANDING: THE COURSE INTENDS TO FURNISH, IN A CONCISE AND PROPER WAY FOR THE APPLICATIONS, THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE BASIC NOTIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF THE NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND OF THE PHYSICS OF THE ELEMENTARY PARTICLES. (2) ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: THE COURSE INTENDS TO MAKE THE STUDENT ABLE TO ASSIMILATE THE ACQUISITION OF A WELL GROUNDED THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE ARGUMENTS EXPOSED AND OF THE METHODS FOR SOLVING SIMPLE EXERCISES. PARTICULARLY, THE STUDENT MUST KNOW HOW TO DEVELOP EXERCISES CONCERNING ELEMENTARY PROBLEMS OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND ELEMENTARY PARTICLES. (3) COMMUNICATIVE ABILITY: THE COURSE WILL FAVOR THE ABILITY OF THE STUDENT TO EXPOSE IN CLEAR AND RIGOROUS WAY THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGES. AT THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENT HAS TO BE ABLE TO ENUNCIATE CORRECTLY DEFINITIONS, PROBLEMS AND THEOREMS CONCERNING THE CONTENTS OF THE COURSE. (4) AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT: THE STUDENTS ARE DRIVEN TO LEARN CRITICALLY AND IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY ALL THE ARGUMENTS EXPOSED AND TO ENRICH HIS/HER OWN ABILITIES OF JUDGMENT THROUGH THE STUDY OF THE DIDACTIC MATERIAL POINTED OUT BY THE TEACHER. |
| Prerequisites | |
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| THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE FOLLOWINGS ARGUMENTS IS REQUIRED: (1) FUNDAMENTAL AND ADVANCED DIFFERENTIAL AND INTEGRAL CALCULUS AND ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY; (2) CLASSICAL MECHANICS (ELEMENTARY AND ANALYTICAL) AND CLASSICAL ELECTRODYNAMICS; (3) FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF ATOMIC PHYSICS; (4) FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF SPECIAL RELATIVITY AND THE OF QUANTUM MECHANICS. |
| Contents | |
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| INTRODUCTION: MEASUREMENT UNITS, GEIGER AND MARSDEN EXPERIMENT, THE DISCOVERY OF THE ATOMIC NUCLEUS, DISCOVERY OF THE NEUTRON. GENERAL PROPERTIES OF THE NUCLEUS: RADIUS, DENSITY, MAGIC NUMBERS, SEGRE PLOT. MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR MASSES. BINDING ENERGY, SEMI-EMPIRICAL FORMULA OF THE MASSES. AND ITS USE. INTRODUCTION TO NUCLEAR REACTIONS. KINEMATICS OF NUCLEAR REACTIONS: THRESHOLD ENERGY, Q OF A REACTION, CROSS SECTIONS. INTERACTION OF RADIATION WITH MATTER: IONIZAZTION AND RADIATION, ELECTROMAGNETIC SHOWERS, PARTICLE DETECTORS (OUTLINE). INTRODUCTION TO RADIOACTIVITY: THE LAWS OF RADIOACTIVE DECAY, THE ALPHA DECAY. THE BETA DECAY: KURIE PLOT, NEUTRINO HYPOTHESIS. ISOSPIN OF THE NUCLEONS. FERMI AND GAMOW-TELLER SELECTION RULES. THE GAMMA DECAY: GENERALITY AND SELECTION RULES. NUCLEAR MODELS: FERMI GAS MODEL, LIQUID DROP MODEL, SHELL MODEL. COSMIC RAYS: THE DISCOVERY OF PI AND MU MESONS AND THEIR PROPERTIES. YUKAWA MODEL AND MESONS BEHAVIOR ANTIBARYONS, STRANGE PARTICLES AND RESONANCES: LAMBDA AND KAONS ISOSPIN AND HYPERCHARGE. QUARK MODEL. WEAK INTERACTIONS: PARITY VIOLATION AND EXPERIMENT OF WU. THE NEUTRINO: REINES AND COWAN EXPERIMENT. MEASURE OF THE NEUTRINO ELICITY, EXPERIMENT OF GOLDHABER. WEAK INTERACTIONS AND STRANGENESS: WEAK DECAYS AND CABIBBO ANGLE (OUTLINE) CLASSIFICATION OF FAMILIES OF PARTICLES AND FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS. |
| Teaching Methods | |
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| THE COURSE IS BASED ON THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL LESSONS FINALIZED TO THE LEARNING OF THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF THE NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND THE PHYSICS OF THE PARTICLES. EACH LECTURE CONSISTS IN THE EXPOSITION OF ONE OR MORE ARGUMENTS FOLLOWED BY EXAMPLES, EXERCISES AND APPLICATIONS. |
| Verification of learning | |
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| THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE OBJECTIVES AND THE VERIFICATION OF THE ABILITY TO APPLY AND DEVELOP IN A CRITICAL AND AUTONOMOUS WAY THE EXPOSED ARGUMENTS WILL BE CERTIFIED BY A FINAL ORAL EXAM WITH GRADES ON A SCALE OF 30. IN THE DISCUSSION, QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES WILL BE PROPOSED TO VERIFY THE LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE STUDENT. THE MINIMUM VOTE (18/30) IS ATTRIBUTED WHEN THE STUDENT SHOWS UNCERTAINTIES AND A LITTLE EXPOSURE CAPACITY. THE MAXIMUM LEVEL (30/30) IS GRANTED WHEN THE STUDENT SHOWS A COMPLETE AND DEEP KNOWLEDGE OF THE DIFFERENT TOPICS DISCUSSED, AND IS ALSO ABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROPOSED EXERCISES. THE LODE IS ATTRIBUTED WHEN THE CANDIDATE SHOWS MASTERY OF THE ARGUMENTS, AND PRESENTS THE TOPICS WITH GOOD LANGUAGE PROPERTIES AND AUTONOMOUS PROCESSING CAPACITY, EVEN IN CONTEXTS DIFFERENT FROM THOSE PROPOSED BY THE PROFESSOR. |
| Texts | |
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| (1) I. KAPLAN, NUCLEAR PHYSICS, ADDISON-WESLEY PUBLISHING COMPANY. (2) E. SEGRÈ: NUCLEI E PARTICELLE, ZANICHELLI. (3) G. GRELLA: APPUNTI DALLE LEZIONI. (4) PROSPERI - DE SANCTIS - INCICCHITTI : APPUNTI |
| More Information | |
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| TEACHER’S E-MAIL ADDRESS: TIZIANO.VIRGILI@SA.INFN.IT |
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