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This is the web site for the Advanced Nuclear Science Education Laboratory courses Chm244/444 & Phy245/446. Additional pages are accessible
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Main data management for participant is maintained in a Twiki site.
Lectures:
Professor
W. Udo Schröder
Lectures on Mondays, time 9:00-9:45, Bausch & Lomb 407.
First Lab Lecture :
Thursday, January 18, 2024, 14:00-16:00 h
Bausch & Lomb 407
Laboratory Sessions:
Professor
W. Udo Schröder and TAs
Tuesdays, Thursdays 14:00 - 16:40h, Bausch & Lombl 154/156/177.
14:00-16:30,Bausch & Lomb 407
Office Hours
W.
Udo Schröder:
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.,
Hutchison Hall (HH)
466
or, by appointment (275-8263), schroeder@chem.rochester.edu
Prerequisites
Some familiarity
with Calculus, principles of Mechanics, Electrodynamics, Thermodynamics, Quantum Mechanics, or by permission
Synopsis
Gross properties of nuclei, Liquid-drop and Fermi gas models of the nucleus,
Cross section, Q-values and kinematics.
Elements of classical and quantum mechanical scattering theory for nucleons and complex nuclei, partial waves, optical model, inelastic excitations and nucleon transfer in nuclear reactions, non-equilibrium reactions, spallation, nuclear thermodynamics, fission and cluster emission,
Nuclear power, nuclear weapons, radiological effects.
Reference Materials
The
course uses a variety of materials, including published review articles and chapters of textbooks
that will be made available for downloading from the site. Several
reference books are on Reserve in Carlson Library and in the Nuchem cabinet.
Lecture materials
will be posted on this site.
A bibliography of experimental and theoretical nuclear texts and other materials is listed separately.
Lecture notes and presentations will be posted ( LectureNotes)
Assignments
Regular
homework assignment consists of problem sets and/or computer projects using MathCad.
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