| CODE | PHY3230 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Nuclear Physics | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Physics | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Introduction; nuclear charge and matter distribution; semi-empirical mass formula; shell model of the nucleus; deutron; alpha decay; fission on liquid drop model; beta decay; neutron physics; accelerators and detectors; nuclear reactions; fusion (including stellar processes) Recommended Texts: - K S Krane, Introduction Nuclear Physics, John Wiley and Sons - W S C Williams, Nuclear and Particle Physics, Oxford University Press - A C Philips, The Physics of Stars, John Wiley and Sons |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Kristian Zarb Adami |
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