| Individual course details | ||||||||||
| Study programme | Theoretical and experimental physics | |||||||||
| Chosen research area (module) | ||||||||||
| Nature and level of studies | Undergraduate studies | |||||||||
| Name of the course | Nuclear physics | |||||||||
| Professor (lectures) | ||||||||||
| Professor/associate (examples/practical) | Jovan Puzović | |||||||||
| Professor/associate (additional) | Marjan Ćirković | |||||||||
| ECTS | Status (required/elective) | Required | ||||||||
| Access requirements | Physics of atoms, Quantum mechanics 1 and 2 | |||||||||
| Aims of the course | Introduction to basics of modern nuclear physics, historical progress, radioactivity, ionization effects, nuclear astrophysics, property and models of nuclei, fission and fusion. | |||||||||
| Learning outcomes | Students are introduced to basics of modern nuclear physics; they are able to use their knowledge (nuclear medicine, industry) and follows recent results of modern research in this area. | |||||||||
| Contents of the course | ||||||||||
| Lectures | Short history of Nuclear Physics. Nuclear physics and particle physics. Chart of isotopes. Static properties of nucleus. Dimensions of nucleus. Mass of nucleus. Electromagnetic moments. Spin and parity of nuclear states. Isospin. Basic properties of nuclear forces. Nuclear models: liquid drop model, shell model. Instability of nucleus: alpha, beta and gamma decays. Nuclear reactions. Nuclear spectroscopy. Physics of neutrons. Physics of neutrinos. Spontaneous fission. Induced fission and chain reaction. Fusion. Nuclear astrophysics. | |||||||||
| Examples/ practical classes | 1. Ionization chamber 2. Absorption of gamma rays 3. Statistics of counts 4. Measurements of low activity 5. Magnetic beta spectrometry 6. Scintillations gamma spectrometry 7. Semiconductors gamma spectrometry | |||||||||
| Recommended books | ||||||||||
| 1 | K.S.Krane: "Introductory Nuclear Physics", Wiley, New York 1988 | |||||||||
| 2 | L. Marinkov: "Osnovi nuklearne fizike" Univerzitet Novi Sad 1976 | |||||||||
| 3 | W.E.Bucham: "Nuclear Physics" Longman Group 1973 | |||||||||
| 4 | J. Puzović: "Nuklearna fizika kroz eksperiment", Faculty of Physics 2017 | |||||||||
| 5 | D. Krpić, I. Aničin, I. Savić: "Nuklearna fizika kroz zadatke" Univerzitet u Beogradu 1996 | |||||||||
| Number of classes (weekly) | ||||||||||
| Lectures | Examples&practicals | Student project | Additional | |||||||
| 4 | 2+2 | |||||||||
| Teaching and learning methods | Lectures; Solving problems; Consultations; Practical classes | |||||||||
| Assessment (maximal 100) | ||||||||||
| assesed coursework | mark | examination | mark | |||||||
| coursework | 10 | written examination | 30 | |||||||
| practicals | 20 | oral examination | 40 | |||||||
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