Subject Code: Subject Name: Nuclear and Particle Physics L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit: 3
Pre-requisite(s): None
 

UNIT-I Nuclear Physics: General properties of Nuclei: Constituents of nucleus and their intrinsic properties, Quantitative facts about mass, radius, charge density (matter density), binding energy, average binding energy and its variation with mass number, main features of binding energy versus mass number curve, angular momentum, parity, electromagnetic moments Radioactivity decays: (a) Alpha decay: basics of alpha- decay processes, theory of alpha-emission, Geiger Nuttall law (b) beta-decay: energy kinematics for beta-decay, neutrino hypothesis. (c) Elementary idea of Gamma decay. Nuclear Models: Semi-empirical mass formula, Liquid-drop model, conditions of nuclear stability, two nucleon separation energies, evidence for nuclear shell structure, nuclear magic number, basic assumption of shell models.
UNIT-II Particle Physics: Particle interactions, basic features, types of particles and its families, Symmetries and conservation laws: Energy and momentum, angular momentum, parity, baryon number, Lepton number, Isospin, strangeness and charm, Elementary ideas of quarks and gluons.



Text/Reference Books:
  1. “Introductory Nuclear Physics”, Kenneth S. Krane (Wiley India Pvt. Ltd)
  2. “Concepts of Nuclear Physics”, Bernard L. Cohen (Tata Mcgraw Hill)
  3. "Introduction to Nuclear Physics", Roy and Nigam
  4. ” Introduction to Modern Physics”, H.S. Mani and G.K. Mehta
  5. Arthur Beiser (McGraw-Hill) "Concepts of Modern Physics"
  6. "Introduction to Elementary Particles", D. Griffith (John Wiley and Sons)