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Terminated in academic year 2017/2018

Applied nuclear physics

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 717-3723/01
Abbreviation AJF
Course title Applied nuclear physics
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Physics
Course coordinator Doc. Dr. RNDr. Petr Alexa

Subject syllabus

1. Compendium of nuclear physics (structure and properties of atomic nuclei, radioactivity and nuclear reactions).
2. Detectors in nuclear and particle physics (gas, scintillation and semiconductor detectors, nuclear emulsions, calorimeters).
3. Sources of ionizing radiation (natural, artificial).
4. Accelerators (linear, circular).
5. Interaction of ionizing radiation with matter.
6. Dosimetry. Dosimetric measurements.
7. Nuclear dating techniques.
8. Nuclear analytical methods.
9. Nuclear imaging methods.
10. Nuclear magnetic resonance.
11. Applications in material research.
12. Applications in medicine and food processing.
13. Nuclear reactors. Nuclear fusion.
14. Excursion.

Literature

Lilley J. S.: Nuclear Physics: Principles and Applications, Wiley, 2001.

Advised literature

H. Semat, Introduction to Atomic and Nuclear Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1962.
Vértes A. a kol.: Nuclear Methods in Mineralogy and Geology, Plenum Press, London, 1998.