Overview of Lectures (I) Introduction Thu., Week 1, 13.10.2005, TW Why do we study Nuclear Physics What will this course cover Shape and density of the nuclei 2. The Semi Empirical Mass Formula (SEMF) Thu., Week 2, 20.10.2005, TW The liquid drop model The Fermi Gas Model Experimental verification 3./4. Using the SEMF and its limitations Thu. Week 3, 27.10.2005, AR Thu. Week 4, 3.11.2005, AR The valley of nuclear stability Nuclear decays (a, b, fission, others) Natural radioactivity The end of SEMF: Evidence of magic numbers Note: ALL lectures will be in the Martin Wood lecture theatre starting 12:00 13 Oct 2005, Lecture 1 Nuclear Physics, Dr. Antony Weidberg & Dr. Armin Reichold

Overview of Lectures (II) 5./6. Crossections Thu. Week 5, 10.11.04, TW Fri. Week 5, 11.11.04, TW Experiments, natural units, conventions and definitions Fermi’s Golden Rule Rutherford Scattering Breit-Wigner resonances and partial decay widths 7./8. Theory of Decays Thu. Week 6, 17.11.04, TW Fri. Week 6, 18.11.2005, TW Tunneling model of a-decay Selection rules and decay rates in g-decay Fermi theory of b-decay 13 Oct 2005, Lecture 1 Nuclear Physics, Dr. Antony Weidberg & Dr. Armin Reichold

Overview of Lectures (III) 9./10. Particle Interactions with Matter Thu. Week 7, 24.11.2005, AR Fri. Week 7, 25.11.2005, AR dE/dx by ionisation and the Bethe-Bloch formula (9) Photoeffect, Compton Scattering, Bremsstrahlung, Pair Production Cherenkov radiation 11./12. Applications of Nuclear Physics Thu. Week 8, 1.12.2005, AR Fri. Week 8, 2.12.2005, AR & TW Particle Detectors (11 AR) Fission Reactors (11 AR) Bombs (12 AR) Fusion reactors (12 TW) 13 Oct 2005, Lecture 1 Nuclear Physics, Dr. Antony Weidberg & Dr. Armin Reichold