| Lecture Dates | Chapter(s) | Topic | Problems | Due |
| Jan 15 | Origins—Radioactivity—--Fundamental nature of decay constant—physics covered by nuclear lifetimes 10-15 s to 1035s --Series decay and accumulation of activity-- transuranics àAge of the Earthà radiocarbon dating, archeology…. | |||
| Jan 17 | Discovery of the Nucleus-- Rutherford scattering –Bohr Model of the atom | |||
Jan 22 |
Nuclear constituents--Isotopes, Abundances, Nuclear Stability, à Origin of Elements—Cosmic abundances—Supernovae\ | |||
| Jan 24 | Modes of Nuclear Decay--Mass relations and gross features of alpha, beta and gamma-decay | |||
| Jan 29 | Crisis I in beta decay -Conservation Laws —the neutrino | |||
| Jan 31 | Bound states of the nucleus--nuclear transitions --allowed and higher multipoles in beta and gamma transitions-- intrinsic quantum numbers --spin, parity, isospin selection rules | |||
| Feb 12 | Systematics of properties of nuclear states– Magic Numbers --Shell Model of the nucleus— independent particle motion | |||
| Feb 14 | Nuclear Reactions—classifications--kinematics—conservation laws-elastic/inelastic scattering | |||
| Feb 19 | Special reactions—slow neutrons; recoilless reactions—Mossbauer effect | |||
| Feb 21 | Passage of radiation in matter—Principles of Radiation Detectors | |||
| Feb 26 | Inelastic Reactions—barrier penetration and tunneling--Coulomb barrier –alpha decay revisited--particle transfer reactions--Nuclear fusion àEnergy production in stars | |||
| Feb 28 | Crisis II in beta decay--Parity violation --V-A theory of beta decay—inverse beta reactions and neutrino physicsà role in particle physics, geophysics astrophysics, cosmology | |||
| Spring Break | ||||
| Mar 11 | 1 | Relativity - E&M waves, proper time/length; simultenaety | ||
| Mar 13 | 1 | Relativity - Lorentz transforms; space-time diagrams; doppler shifts; twins | #1: 1: 11, 12, 16, 21, 25, 39, 42 | Mar 20 |
| Mar 18 | Relativity - Rapidity | |||
| Mar 20 | Relativity - momentum; work-energy | |||
| Mar 25 | Relativity - metric | |||
| Mar 27 | Relativity - forces | HW2 | Apr 8 | |
| Apr 1 | Relativity - E&B field transformations (supplementary material) | HW3 | Apr 10 | |
| Apr 3 | Relativity - in particle physics | (solutions to HW and others) | ||
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| Apr 24 | notes from Leo Piilonen | |||
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| May 6 | Final 7:45 am |