DAMP Physics, IITB

Instructor:  Sadhana Dash Course Name:   Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics ( PH505 ) Course Type:  Theory ( Core ) Credits:  6 Prerequisites: Classical scattering theory, perturbation theory, electromagnetism Course Content:   Nuclear structure, Shell model, inter-nucleon forces, Scattering theory, Classification of Elementary Particles, Forces and Force carriers, Symmetries in nature Books/Other Resources: Nuclear Physics by Kenneth Krane, Elementary Particle Physics by David Griffiths Alexander Belyaeev's site at the University of Southampton Lectures/Tutorials: Primarily blackboard-based. There were some slides uploaded for deuteron theory. There were very few tutorials which were solved in class Pro tip: There are no formula sheets, so you're not going to remember everything unless you work through it once on your own, especially derivations Advanced follow-up courses ( Courses that can b...

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 u...

Instructor  Pragya Das Course Type Core for EP students Course overview 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)  Prerequisites Quantum Mechanics I, Perturbation Theory Part of QM II Credit distribution 2 quizzes; usual weightage: 10% each with midsem and endsem Feedback on 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 Feedback on tutorials, assignments and exams Tutorials uploaded; no grading; weekly discussions; questions are usually straightforward; exams are of moderate difficulty; questions are straightforward once you understand the concepts Relevant References 1. Wong - Intro Nuclear Phys...