1.Introduction I.Physics of the atomic nucleus 2.A first view on nuclear properties 3.Particle accelerators 4.Particle detection 5.Scattering processes 6.Shape of the nucleus 7.Nuclear decays 8.Models of the nucleus 9.Nuclear magnetic resonance in medicine 10.Nuclear reactions 11.Nucleosynthesis 12.Nuclear force

2.A first view on nuclear properties 2.1 The atomic nucleus and its constitutents 2.2Nuclides 2.3Nuclear mass 2.4The Weizsäcker mass formula 2.5 Nuclear spin 2.5Magnetic dipole moments 2.6 Electric quadrupole moments

Discovery of the electron Joseph John Thomson 1897 x B E

Discovery of „X-Strahlen“ Röntgen 1895

Discovery of radioactivity Henri Bequerel 1896

Discovery of the atomic nucleus Rutherford, Geiger, Marsden

Discovery of the proton as a product of a nuclear reaction Ernest Rutherford 1919

Discovery of the neutron James Chadwick 1932

The nuclear chart

Segrè: Nuclei and Particles

Povh et al., „Particles and nuclei“ Nuclear binding energy per nucleon

F.W. Bopp: Kerne, Hadronen und Elementarteilchen Charge distribution  radius of the nucleus

Krane: Introductory nuclear physics Contributions to the nuclear binding energy

Magnetic field at the nucleus (in Tesla), produced by atomic electron:

Hyperfine splitting of the hydrogen ground state

I J F II JJ  FF

Coupling of I and J governs the magnetic moment of the atom:

Hyperfine splitting for I=3/2, J=1/2 (Musiol /Ranft et al., Kern- und Elementarteilchenphysik)

(Segrè, Nuclei & particles) Effect of a magnetic field on the hyperfine- splitting of the Na D 2 -line

R abi‘s atomic beam method

Example of a measurement using Rabi‘s method