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Basic Nuclear Concepts (PDF) |
| Quantum Mechanical Description of Nuclei |
| 2 |
Schrödinger Wave Equation (PDF) |
| 3 |
Bound States in One Dimensional Systems - Particle in a Square Well (PDF) |
| 4 |
Bound States in Three Dimensions - Orbital Angular Momentum (PDF) |
| 5 |
Barrier Penetration (PDF) |
| 6 |
NMR (PDF) |
| 7 |
Review (PDF)
Appendix A: Concepts of Cross Sections (PDF)
Appendix B: Cross Section Calculation - Method of Phase Shift (PDF) |
| The Nuclear Force |
| 8 |
Deuteron Bound State and Neutron-Proton Scattering (PDF) |
| 9 |
Neutron Cross Section of Hydrogen |
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Quiz 1 (Closed Book) |
| The Nuclear Shell Model |
| 10 |
Nuclear Shell Model - Spin-Orbit Coupling (PDF) |
| 11 |
Predicting Ground State Spin and Parity (PDF) |
| Nuclear Binding, Stability and Decay |
| 12 |
Semi-Empirical Binding Formula, Stability (PDF) |
| 13 |
Mass Parabolas, Decay Series (PDF) |
| Interaction of Charged Particles with Matter |
| 14 |
Charged Particle Collision Energy Loss (PDF) |
| 15 |
Radiation Energy Loss, Range-Energy Relations (PDF - 1.9 MB) |
| Interactions of Neutrons with Matter |
| 16 |
Q-Equation, Kinematics of Elastic Scattering (PDF) |
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Quiz 2 (Closed Book) |
| 17 |
Angular and Energy Distributions |
| 18 |
Thermal Motions (PDF) |
| Interactions of Gamma Radiation with Matter |
| 19 |
Compton Scattering and Absorption (PDF) |
| 20 |
Photoelectric Effect |
| 21 |
Pair Production, Attenuation Coefficients (PDF - 2.3 MB) |
| Nuclear Processes |
| 22 |
Nuclear Decay Selection Rules (PDF 1 - 1.5 MB) (PDF 2 - 1.0 MB) |
| 23 |
Nuclear Reaction Energetics, Compound Nucleus Model (PDF) |
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Quiz 3 (Closed Book) |