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Introductory Nuclear Physics

Current session:

Fall 2009

Offering:

Spring, Fall 3 Credits

Prerequisites:

Prerequisite: PHYS 550. Authorized equivalent courses or consent of instructor may be used in satisfying course pre- and co-requisites.

Description:

Theory of relativity, brief survey of systematics of nuclei and elementary particles, structure of stable nuclei, radioactivity, interaction of nuclear radiation with matter, nuclear reactions, particle accelerators, nuclear instruments, fission, nuclear reactors.

Instructor(s):

WANG, FUQIANG

Email:

fqwang@physics.purdue.edu

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Textbook(s) for Fall 2009

Textbooks for Fall 2009
Course Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
PHYS556 REQUIRED: Introductory Nuclear Physics   Kenneth Krane  Latest  0-471-80553-X  Wiley 
PHYS556 OPTIONAL: Introduction to High-Energy Heavy-Ion Collisions   Cheuk-Yin Wong  December 1994  9810202636  World Scientific Publishing