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Physics IV – Atomic and Nuclear Physics

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 480-2059/01
Abbreviation FIV
Course title Physics IV – Atomic and Nuclear Physics
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Physics
Course coordinator Mgr. Radim Uhlář, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Special relativity: Lorentz transformation and its consequences.
2. Relativistic energy and momentum, four-vectors, relativistic Doppler effect.
3. General relativity and cosmology.
4. Blackbody radiation, photoelectric effect, Compton effect.
5. Thomson and Rutherford models of an atom, electron cloud, atomic spectra.
6. X-rays. Particle-wave duality.
7. Bohr model of hydrogen-like atoms.
8. Basic characteristics of atomic nuclei.
9. Nuclear models.
10. Radioactivity and nuclear reactions.
11. Nuclear analytical methods.
12. Elementary particles and fundamental interactions.
13. Acceleration and detection of particles.

E-learning

Materials are available at https://lms.vsb.cz/?lang=en.

Literature

MITTAL, V. K., et al. Introduction to nuclear and particle physics. PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd., 2018.ISBN 978-9387472617 .

Advised literature

BUDKER, Dmitry; KIMBALL, Derek F.; DEMILLE, David P. Atomic physics: an exploration through problems and solutions. Oxford University Press, USA, 2004.ISBN 978-0198509509 .