Sumários

Nuclear mass and binding energy

26 fevereiro 2020, 10:00 • Alfred Stadler

Review of orbital magnetic moments. 

I.3 Nuclear mass and binding energy. 
How to measure nuclear masses with high precision. Mass spectrometers and the mass doublet method. Nuclear reactions for short-lived nuclides. Nuclear binding energy. Relation between nuclear and atomic masses. Mass defect. Proton and neutron separation energies. 

(Krane, ch. 3)

The constituents of the nucleus

21 fevereiro 2020, 11:00 • Alfred Stadler

Measuring cross sections: the relation between cross sections and counting rates.Testing the Rutherford cross section (Geiger and Marsden). The total cross section. How to include the recoil correction. 

I.2. The constituents of the nucleus.

The electron-proton model and its problems - why are there no electrons inside nuclei? Basic properties of protons and neutrons. 
Intrinsic magnetic moments. The g-factor and hints for nucleon substructure. 

(Krane, ch. 11 and ch. 1) 

Introduction. The discovery of the nucleus.

19 fevereiro 2020, 10:00 • Alfred Stadler

Organisation of the course. Evaluation methods, bibliography, and program.

I. General properties of nuclei
I.1. The Rutherford experiment and the discovery of the nucleus. 
Classical derivation of the Rutherford cross section.

(Krane, ch. 11)