Nuclear Structure and Exotic Nuclei

PHYS40421 Nuclear Structure and Exotic Nuclei 10 Semester 1 Undergraduate Level 4 Kieran Flanagan Unit coordinator Kara Lynch Unit coordinator Department of Physics & Astronomy 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Masters/Integrated Masters P4 ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 5.0 Nuclear Structure and Exotic Nuclei Nuclear Structure and Exotic Nuclei This unit aims to introduce major components of modern research in nuclear physics and provide a suitable introduction to students who will undertake research in the subject. On completion successful students will be able to:<ol><li>demonstrate a knowledge of physics themes characterising recent advances in nuclear physics.</li><li>demonstrate knowledge and be able to explain in detail the significance of results from recent and current experiments.</li><li>demonstrate knowledge of and explain the physics behind the facilities and techniques used by nuclear physicists.</li><li>demonstrate knowledge of and apply the basic models used to describe nuclear structure.</li></ol> 1. Introduction and review of nuclear physics - 2 lectures<ul><li style="box-sizing:inherit;">Liquid drop model</li></ul>The deuteron <ol><li style="box-sizing:inherit;">The nuclear shell model - 6 lectures<ul><li style="box-sizing:inherit;">Mean field Fermi gas</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;">Independent particle shell model and residual force</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;">Hartree Fock</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;">Effective interactions</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;">Two-particle states</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;">Spectra near closed shell</li></ul></li></ol>Pairing and isospin <ol><li style="box-sizing:inherit;">Collective Phenomena in nuclei - 3 lectures<ol><li style="box-sizing:inherit;">Deformation</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;">Vibrational and rotational motion</li></ol></li></ol>Super and hyper deformation <ol><li style="box-sizing:inherit;">Weakly-bound quantum systems and exotic nuclei - 7 lectures<ul><li style="box-sizing:inherit;">Physics at the proton and neutron drip line</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;">New decays modes – proton decay, beta-delayed proton and neutron emission</li></ul></li></ol>Fission limit and super-heavy elements, production, detection and properties. <ol><li style="box-sizing:inherit;">Radioactive ion beams (RIBs) - 2 lectures<ul><li style="box-sizing:inherit;">Production by in-flight and ISOL techniques</li></ul></li></ol>FAIR, SPIRAL-2 and HIE-ISOLDE facilities <ol><li style="box-sizing:inherit;">Experimental techniques and recent results - 2 lectures<ul><li style="box-sizing:inherit;">Coulomb excitation of RIBs</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;">Transfer reactions in inverse kinematics</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;">Fragmentation experiments</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;">Laser spectroscopy</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;">Mass measurements</li></ul></li></ol> 1 Written exam 100% Feedback will be available on students’ individual written solutions to examples sheets, which will be marked, and model answers will be issued.  N The recommended reading list can be found here: <a href="https://www.readinglists.manchester.ac.uk/leganto/public/44MAN_INST/lists/354201953270001631?auth=CAS" target="_blank">https://www.readinglists.manchester.ac.uk/leganto/public/44MAN_INST/lists/354201953270001631?auth=CAS</a> Assessment written exam 1.5 Lectures 24 0 78