Faculty of Science

Objectives

To introduce past and recent developments in the field of Nuclear physics.

Contents

NN interaction: symmetries, basics, low energy scattering and shape independence, meson theory and properties of NN interaction, Nuclear systematics: masses, radii, shapes, magnetic and quadrupole moments, shell structure, radioactivity, fission, Basics of shell model, Hartree-Fock, pairing, rotational and vibrational spectra, giant resonances, halo nuclei, Nuclear Reactions: resonances and compound nucleus, direct reactions (inelastic, stripping, pickup etc ), extracting nuclear information from reactions, Nuclear matter, nuclear equation of state, neutron stars, Quark models, quark equation of state, relativistic heavy ion collisions, signatures of QGP.