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DE CECCO SANDRO
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COURSE PROGRAM:
Nuclear physics general topics:
- Introduction to Nuclear physics
- General nuclear properties, determination of nuclear radius and density
- Binding energy semi-empirical mass formula
- Nuclear models: liquid drop and Fermi gas
- Two nucleon system, deuteron and the nucleon-nucleon scattering and interaction
- Nuclear shell model
- Collective Nuclear models: rotational and vibrational
- Radioactivity: alpha beta and gamma decays
- Nuclear reactions generalities
- Nuclear fission and fusion principles
Nuclear physics topics on fundamental and applied research:
Nuclear astrophysics: CNO, pp cycles phenomenology and experiments
Nuclear techniques in rare events searches: double beta neutrino-less decays and dark matter direct detection.
Nuclear energy: fission reactors, fuel cycle, dual use
Nucleon structure and QCD studies at high energy (EIC)
DETAILED LECTURE TOPICS:
- Introduction on Nuclear physics:
- Nuclear stabiity and binding energy
- Nuclear radius and density
- Semi-empirical mass formula, liquid drop model and Coulomb term
- Semi-empirical mass formula continued, asymmetry and pairing
- Mass parabolas and beta-stability, example isobars
- Neutron drip line and Neutron Stars
- Deuteron potential model and wave function
- Deuteron spin and magnetic moment
- Deuteron total wave function and Deuteron use in PHWR and solar neutrino oscillations
- n-p scattering, partial wave expansion, elastic scattering cross-section, phase shift
- n-p scattering, phase shifts and scattering length
- p-p and n-n scattering, high energy scattering, exchange forces, Isospin
- Meson exchange model and Introduction to Shell model
- The nuclear shell model and the spin-orbit coupling
- The nuclear shell model, spin-parity and magnetic moment
- Shell model predictions limitations, magnetic moments and excited states. Collective models intro
- Collective models: vibrations and rotations. II) Radioactivity: Alpha decays
- Radioactivity: Beta decays part I
- Radioactivity: Beta decays part II
- Inverse beta decay, neutrino physics, neutrino-less double beta decay
- I) Gamma decays. II) Nuclear reactions generalities
- Nuclear fission principles
- I) Nuclear fission of Uranium. II) Nuclear reactors for energy production
- I) Nuclear fusion principles. II) Nucleosynthesis in stars
- Nuclear astrophysics Introduction and phenomenolgy
- Nuclear astrophysics experimental studies and activities
- Nucleon physics at the future EIC Electron Ion Collider
- Rare events underground observatories, nuclear recoils and direct search for dark matter
COMPLEMENTARY TOPICS LIST:
List of complementary topics for a short presentation at the exam: at most 15 slides and 20 minutes. You can propose a different argument, but it should be discussed and agreed in advance in terms of relevance for the course.
1) Modern theory approaches in nucleon-nucleon interaction.
2) Nuclear models: Fermi gas, Hartree-Fock, relativistic mean field.
3) Resonant absorption and Moössbauer effect, applications.
4) Nuclear radioactive dating techniques.
5) Radiation dose detection and dosimetry techniques.
6) Beta decays and direct limits on neutrino mass.
7) Nuclear Astrophysics, stellar nucleosynthesis, solar fusion cycles, phenomenology and experiments.
8) Nucleon structure and QCD studies at Electron-Ion Collider EIC.
9) Neutrino physics: solar, atmospheric and long baseline beam neutrino experiments.
10) Neutrinoless double-beta decays underground searches.
11) Dark-matter underground searches in direct detection, nuclei response and its backgrounds.
12) Nuclear energy production in fission: 4th generation breeder reactors, Thorium cycle reactors, nuclear fuel cycle and waste, accelerator based systems for transmutation.
13) Nuclear energy production in fusion: thermonuclear fusion reactors R&D, confinement techniques, the ITER project.
MATERIALE DIDATTICO e BIBLIOGRAFIA:
- Appunti delle lezioni e slides disponibili online su home page e-learning del corso.
- Carlos A. Bertulani “Nuclear Physics in a nutshell” Princeton University Press.
- Kenneth S. Krane “Introductory Nuclear Physics” J.Wiley & Sons
- Gianni Salmè “Appunti di fisica nucleare” (in italiano)
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