Structure of Atomic Nuclei

Type of study	Doctoral
Language of instruction	English
Code	480-6003/02
Abbreviation	SAJ
Course title	Structure of Atomic Nuclei
Credits	10
Coordinating department	Department of Physics
Course coordinator	Doc. Dr. RNDr. Petr Alexa

Subject syllabus

The course focuses on selected parts of nuclear physics according to the topic of PhD. thesis, in particular:

Properties of atomic nuclei, nucleons and their elementary constituents.
Phenomenological, semimicroscopic and microscopic models of atomic nuclei.
Electromagnetic transitions in atomic nuclei.
Radioactive decay and its theoretical description.
Nuclear reactions (overview, theory and applications).
Neutron physics (properties and interactions of neutrons).

E-learning

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

Literature

1. A. Shukla, S.K. Patra (eds.): Nuclear Structure Physics, CRC Press, 2024.

2. J. Kvasil: Nuclear Structure and Nuclear Processes, Charles University, Prague, 2023 (https://ipnp.cz/~kvasil/valya/NS+NR.pdf)

3. V.M. Kolomietz, S. Shlomo: Mean Field Theory, World Scientific, 2020.

Advised literature

1. D.J. Rowe, J.L. Wood: Fundamentals of Nuclear Models: Foundational Models, World Scientific, 2010.

2. M. Hjorth-Jensen, M.P. Lombardo, U. van Kolck: An Advanced Course in Computational Nuclear Physics, Springer, 2017.

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