Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
3 credits
Q1
Language
English
Prerequisites
Bachelor level lectures on physics, mechanics, mathematics.
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
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The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
- Nuclear properties (nuclear radius; mass and abundance of nuclides; nuclear binding energy; nuclear exited states)
- Radioactive decay law, radioactive chains, units of radioactivity
- Alpha, Beta and Gamma decay
- Nuclear fission
- Types of nuclear reactions: compound nucleus, threshold reactions, concept of cross section
- Interactions of ionizing radiations (ions, electrons, photons, neutrons) with matter
- Detection of ionizing radiations (ions, electrons, photons, neutrons)
Teaching methods
- 2 t.m. ; 36 hours of lectures, 5 lab sessions of ½ day
- laboratory work (SCK.CEN)
Evaluation methods
Written examination (closed book)
Other information
Prof. Nicolas Pauly Université Libre de Bruxelles
Course location: SCK-Cen (Mol)
Course location: SCK-Cen (Mol)
Online resources
Bibliography
The PowerPoint presentations of the lectures are available on the BNEN website.
Other useful references:
Krane, K.S. 'Introductory Nuclear Physics', Wiley, 1987.
Tavernier, S. 'Experimental techniques in nuclear and particle physics', Springer-Verlag, 2010.
Knoll, G.F. 'Radiation detection and measurement', 4 ed., Wiley, 2010.
Other useful references:
Krane, K.S. 'Introductory Nuclear Physics', Wiley, 1987.
Tavernier, S. 'Experimental techniques in nuclear and particle physics', Springer-Verlag, 2010.
Knoll, G.F. 'Radiation detection and measurement', 4 ed., Wiley, 2010.
Faculty or entity
EPL
