Higher
Education Credits: 5.0
Course Code: 1FA346
Resposible Department: Department of Physics and
Astronomy
Main Field of Study and progress level Physics: A1N
Main Field of Study: Physics
Grading System: U Fail, 3 Pass, 4 Pass with credit, 5
Pass
with distinction
Level of Education: Advanced level
Basic knowledge of
quantum mechanics
When the course is
completed the student should be able to
- be familiar with basic nucleon and nuclear properties and the models
used to
describe them
- describe the properties of strong and weak interaction in nuclei
- explain the different forms of radioactivity and account for their
occurrence
- describe the kinematics of various reactions and decay processes by
relativistic calculations
- describe the astrophysical processes leading to nuclear synthesis
- classify elementary particles and nuclear states in terms of their
quantum
numbers
- account for the fission and fusion processes
- describe the basic properties of the nuclear and fusion reactors
- describe the basic properties of particle accelerators
- explain the different processes by which ionizing radiation interacts
with
matter
- explain the functionality of detectors for radioactivity
- explain the effects of radioactivity in biological matter
- account for nuclear physics applications in industry and health care
The course gives an
overview of modern nuclear and particle physics, stressing fundamental
concepts
and processes. Methods of measurement and applications within other
sciences
and technology will be reviewed.
Nuclear
and nucleon properties and models to describe them.
Laboratory exercises: Radiation and detectors.
Educational visit: The
Svedberg Laboratory
Lectures, lessons,
hand-in exercise and laboratory exercise
Written examination at
the end of the course (4 hp). Passed laboratory exercise (1 hp) and
hand-in
exercise (1 hp) are necessary to pass the course but are not graded.