PH 505 Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics (Autumn 2016-17)
Instructor Name: Prof. Pragya Das
Course Type: Core
Pre-requisites: Quantum Mechanics I, Perturbation Theory part of QM II
Course Content: Binding Energy, Magnetic Moments; Radioactive Decay: alpha, beta, gamma; Deuteron; Nuclear Models: Independent Particle and Shell Models; Reactions; Elementary particles: Isospin, conserved quantum numbers, quarks (fact-based)
Books: Wong - Intro Nucl Phy; Cohen - Concepts of Nucl Phy; Enge - Intro Nucle Phy; Lilley - Nucl Phy; Hyde - Basic ideasin Nucl Phy; Burcham, Jobes - Nucl & Part Phy; Kane - Modern Elem Part Phy; Griffiths - Intro Elem Part (haven't read any of these - just mentioning the list given in the slides)
Lectures: Attendance is flexible; slides require some decoding if you don't attend lectures; attending doesn't make much of a difference either since Prof. Das mostly just reads out what's in the slides
Assignments: Tutorials uploaded; no grading; weekly discussions; questions are usually straightforward
Exams and Grading: 2 quizzes; usual weightage; 10% each; exams are of moderate difficulty; questions are straightforward once you understand the concepts
Follow up courses: None - other advanced courses are pretty unrelated
Respondent: Umang Mehta
Course Type: Core
Pre-requisites: Quantum Mechanics I, Perturbation Theory part of QM II
Course Content: Binding Energy, Magnetic Moments; Radioactive Decay: alpha, beta, gamma; Deuteron; Nuclear Models: Independent Particle and Shell Models; Reactions; Elementary particles: Isospin, conserved quantum numbers, quarks (fact-based)
Books: Wong - Intro Nucl Phy; Cohen - Concepts of Nucl Phy; Enge - Intro Nucle Phy; Lilley - Nucl Phy; Hyde - Basic ideasin Nucl Phy; Burcham, Jobes - Nucl & Part Phy; Kane - Modern Elem Part Phy; Griffiths - Intro Elem Part (haven't read any of these - just mentioning the list given in the slides)
Lectures: Attendance is flexible; slides require some decoding if you don't attend lectures; attending doesn't make much of a difference either since Prof. Das mostly just reads out what's in the slides
Assignments: Tutorials uploaded; no grading; weekly discussions; questions are usually straightforward
Exams and Grading: 2 quizzes; usual weightage; 10% each; exams are of moderate difficulty; questions are straightforward once you understand the concepts
Follow up courses: None - other advanced courses are pretty unrelated
Respondent: Umang Mehta
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