Academic Catalog

PHYS551 NUCLEAR PHYSICS I

Course Code: 2300551
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Physics
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. OSMAN YILMAZ
Offered Semester: Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Content

General properties of the nucleus and the nuclear many-body problem. nuclear forces. static properties. nuclear matter. Hartre-Fock theory. nuclear shell model. Collective models of the nucleus. deformed nuclei. nuclear rotations. Particle hole states and pairing in nuclei.