School of Science
Department of Physics
18205
18205 Nuclear Physics
Course Webpage: https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/PHYS221
Course Content
- Study of hadronic structure: Introduction to hadronic structure. Experimental evidence for the existence of quarks. The standard model and properties of hadrons. Symmetries and classification of hadrons.
- Nucleon physics: Nucleon properties. Nucleon structure models. Quantum chromodynamics and nucleon structure.
- The nuclear interaction: Review of basic features of nuclear interaction. Nucleon-nucleon scattering. Phenomenological potentials and meson exchange theories. Nuclear potentials inspired by quantum chromodynamics and its active theories.
- Microscopic description of nucleon systems: Deuterium, light nuclei and nuclear matter. Nuclear mean field. Correlation theories. Shell theory and active potentials. Nucleus pairing and polarization. Description of nuclei based on the Hartree-Fock theory.
- Collective effects: TDA-RPA theories. Relativistic mean field pattern. Mesons and quarks in nuclei. Nuclear equation of state and properties of nuclear matter. Phases of strongly interacting matter.
- Elements of Nuclear Astrophysics: Neutron stars, stellar nucleosynthesis, etc.