Department of Physics

10ΕΚ413  Nuclear Physics     

Course webpage: https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/PHYS221

Course outline

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.