Nuclear and Particle Physics

Objective:

Introduction into concepts and methods in nuclear and particle physics

Content:

Topics are introduced with key experiments. The course covers tools (accelerators, detectors), particles and nuclei and their substructure, symmetries and conservation laws, interactions (electromagnetic, weak, strong), electroweak theory of the Standard Model and QCD, nuclear models (quark model, liquid drop model, Fermi gas model, shell model, collective model) and Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics.

On completion of the course the student should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student understands

• concepts in particle and nuclear physics
• key experiments in nuclear and particle physics

Skills

The student

• have the capability of doing back-of-the-envelope calculations in a diversity of situations

General competence

The student develops further the skills to

• critical thinking
• be able to uncover "alternative facts" in public discussions