Winter term 2022
Introduction to Theoretical Nuclear and Elemetary Particle Physics 1

Contents: Nuclear models: liquid drop model, Fermi-Gas Model, Shell Model, Deform Shell Model | Collective Nuclear Models | Nucleon-Nucleon Interaction | Hartree-Fock Theory | The Klein-Gordon equation | Covariant electrodynamics | The Dirac equation | Quantum chromodynamics | Symmetries of QCD

Format: The lecture will be given in English and will take place In presence.

Schedule: [Thursday, 9.45 am - 12 pm, 02.116]

Lecturer(s): Prof. Laura Sagunski | Prof. Marcus Bleicher |

Head Tutor(s): -

Important links: OLAT, QIS

Course organisation

Format of the lecture

  • The lecture will be held in present. It will also be recorded and uploaded to the NextCloud folder.

Participation & Tasks (Studienleistung)

  • There will be weekly (graded) homework assignments that will be uploaded to the NextCloud folder at the beginning of the course. In each tutorial, two students should prepare to present the solutions to the exercises, and another one should give a presentation on the topic indicated on the assignment sheet. Please decide one week ahead if you want to present the exercise or give the presentation.

Examination (Prüfungsleistung)

  • To pass the course, you need to acomplish three things: 1) Maximally two times absent in the tutorials. 2) You need to present at least twice a pre-chosen exercise in the tutorials. 3) You need to prepare and give a small presentation (15 min. presentation + 5 min. for questions) on a topic related to the course material (see tutorials). The presentation is being held in 'conference style' with an additional chair person, in which you strictly need to watch the time and need to prepare one own questions.

Recommended literature & Course material


Schedule

ID Day Time Room Language Person
Lecture Thursday 9.45 am - 12 pm 02.116 English Laura Sagunski, Marcus Bleicher
Tutorial 1 Monday 11 am - 1 pm 02.116 English Renan Hirayama, Tom Reichert
Tutorial 2 Wednesday 2 pm - 4 pm 02.116 English Renan Hirayama, Tom Reichert