| Course Title | INTRODUCTION TO PARTICLE AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS |
| Class Time/Room | MW 08:30 AM-09:45 AM Physics 299 |
| Instructor(s) | Walter, Christopher |
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| Course Description | Introductory survey course on nuclear and particle physics. Phenomenology and experimental foundations of nuclear and particle physics; fundamental forces and particles, composites. Interaction of particles with matter and detectors. SU(2), SU(3), models of mesons and baryons. Weak interactions and neutrino physics. Lepton-nucleon scattering, form factors and structure functions. QCD, gluon field and color. W and Z fields, electro-weak unification, the CKM matrix, Nucleon-nucleon interactions, properties of nuclei, single and collective particle models. Electromagnetic and hadronic interactions with nuclei. Nuclear reactions and nuclear structure, nuclear astrophysics. Relativistic heavy ion collisions. Instructor: Walter |
| Additional Information | Please see blackboard for the course page.
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