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Nuclear Physics and Particle Physics through Experiments

Prof. Vivek Datar · Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI)

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About

The course aims to approach nuclear physics and particle physics starting from key and classic experiments. Showcased will be fundamental discoveries, many of them leading to Nobel prizes, such as the discovery of the nucleus by Rutherford, all the way upto discovery of neutrino oscillations by the Superkamiokande collaboration and many in between such as rhe discovery of the neutron by Chadwick, that of fission by Hahn, Strassman and Meitner, the direct detection of the elusive neutrino by Reines and Cowan, measurement of its helicity by Goldhaber et al, parity violation by Wu, Lederman and Telegdi et al., the discovery of halo nuclei that opened up the field of Radioactive Ion Beam based research. These will be put in a modern context highlighting the research fields that these findings have led to.

Intended audience: MSc 1st/2nd year, BTech (Engg. Physics)

Prerequisites: BSc (Physics)/2 years in BTech (Engg. Physics)

Lectures

Week 1

  1. Lecture 1: Nuclear Physics and Particle Physics through experiments YouTube
  2. Lecture 2: X-rays, Radioactivity, Nucleus YouTube
  3. Lecture 3: Experimental Tools_Cosmic radiation-Accelerators-Nuclear reactors YouTube
  4. Lecture 4: Particle Detectors YouTube
  5. Lecture 5: Applications of Nuclear and Particle Physics - Part 1 YouTube

Week 2

  1. Lecture 6: Constituents of Matter YouTube
  2. Lecture 7: Dimensions and Fermi Estimates YouTube
  3. Lecture 8: Constituents of matter (contd) - Evidence for muon YouTube
  4. Lecture 9: Constituents of matter contd: quarks YouTube
  5. Lecture 10: Constituents of matter 4: tau leptons, W, Z, H YouTube

Week 3

  1. Lecture 11: DC accelerators YouTube
  2. Lecture 12: RF accelerators YouTube
  3. Lecture 13: Interaction of charged particles with matter YouTube
  4. Lecture 14: Detecting neutral particles: photons, neutrons, neutrinos YouTube
  5. Lecture 15: Detectors, electronics YouTube

Week 4

  1. Lecture 16: Symmetries & Conservation laws_1 YouTube
  2. Lecture 17: Symmetries and conservation laws_2 YouTube
  3. Lecture 18: Basic properties of the nucleus_1 YouTube
  4. Lecture 19: Basic properties of the nucleus_2 YouTube
  5. Lecture 20: Electric charge, magnetisation distribution in nuclei YouTube

Week 5

  1. Lecture 21: Two nucleon problem-Interaction and scattering states YouTube
  2. Lecture 22: Two nucleon problem-Bound state YouTube
  3. Lecture 23: Mean field models: Fermi gas and spherical shell models YouTube
  4. Lecture 24: Mean field models – Deformed shell model YouTube
  5. Lecture 25: The lightest deformed nucleus 8Be YouTube

Week 6

  1. Lecture 26: Electromagnetic interactions in nuclei YouTube
  2. Lecture 27: Alpha decay & other rare strong decays YouTube
  3. Lecture 28: Weak interactions in nuclei and particles YouTube
  4. Lecture 29: Overview of neutrino physics-mass measurements YouTube
  5. Lecture 30: EM probes of collective excitations in nuclei YouTube

Week 7

  1. Lecture 31: Nuclear reactions – an overview YouTube
  2. Lecture 32: Measuring the Nuclear level density and melting of shell effects YouTube
  3. Lecture 33: Giant E0 and E1 resonance in nuclei YouTube
  4. Lecture 34: Resonances in Nuclear and Particle Physics – Part 1 YouTube
  5. Lecture 35: Resonances in Nuclear and Particle Physics – Part 2 YouTube

Week 8

  1. Lecture 36: Lamb shift in H-atom and other exotic atoms YouTube
  2. Lecture 37: Magnetic moments of particles – fundamental and composite YouTube
  3. Lecture 38: CP violation in the K0-K0 and B0-B0 systems YouTube
  4. Lecture 39: Does the proton decay? YouTube
  5. Lecture 40: Neutrino oscillations YouTube

Week 9

  1. Lecture 41: Measuring neutrino mixing matrix parameters YouTube
  2. Lecture 42: Accelerator based neutrino experiments YouTube
  3. Lecture 43: Double Beta Decay (DBD) and Neutrinoless DBD (NDBD) – Part 1 YouTube
  4. Lecture 44: Double Beta Decay (DBD) and Neutrinoless DBD (NDBD) – Part 2 YouTube
  5. Lecture 45: Unexplored paths involving neutrino detector ideas YouTube

Week 10

  1. Lecture 46: Open problems in neutrino physics, and neutrinos as possible tools YouTube
  2. Lecture 47: A non-specialist’s introduction to Astrophysics YouTube
  3. Lecture 48: An introduction to Nuclear Astrophysics – Part 2 YouTube
  4. Lecture 49: Experimental evidence for fusion reactions powering the Sun YouTube
  5. Lecture 50: Cooking heavy elements in the cosmos YouTube

Week 11

  1. Lecture 51: An introduction to Nuclear Astrophysics - Part5 YouTube
  2. Lecture 52: Astrophysical S-factors for radiative capture reactions from transfer measurements-Part 1 YouTube
  3. Lecture 53: Astrophysical S-factors for radiative capture reactions from transfer measurements-Part 2 YouTube
  4. Lecture 54: Applications of Nuclear and Particle Physics - Part 2 YouTube
  5. Lecture 55: Nuclear reactions – Part 2 YouTube

Week 12

  1. Lecture 56: Nuclear Reactions – Part 3 YouTube
  2. Lecture 57: Nuclear Reactions – Part 4 YouTube
  3. Lecture 58: Exotic nuclei – nuclei far from line of stability YouTube
  4. Lecture 59: Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions and Quark Gluon Plasma YouTube
  5. Lecture 60: Open problems in Nuclear Physics and Particle Physics (subjective) YouTube

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI)
Department
Physics
Teacher
Prof. Vivek Datar
Level
Graduate
Language
English
Subjects
Physics
Source
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Licence
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