FYS9570 – Advanced Nuclear Structure
Course description
Course content
The course gives an overview of the fundamental models that are used to describe excitations of atomic nuclei. The emphasis is on concepts and phenomenological descriptions, without deriving stringent formal theories. Experimental data will be used to illustrate the phenomena encountered in nuclear structure physics, without going into technical details of how this data is obtained. The course lays out the foundation that allows students to interpret the observations obtained in typical nuclear structure experiments. The course will furthermore introduce numerical tools that allow students to perform theoretical calculations within basic nuclear structure models.?
The following topics will be covered: Liquid drop model, nuclear mass and binding, fission, pairing, shell structure, spin-orbit coupling, single-particle states, electromagnetic moments, nuclear shapes and shape coexistence, spherical and deformed shell model, Strutinsky method, collective rotation and vibration, particle-rotor model, cranking model.
Learning outcome
After completing the course, you
- ?have detailed knowledge of nuclear excitations and how they relate to fundamental properties of nuclei such as nuclear shape and shell structure
- have a good understanding of fundamental nuclear structure models, (liquid drop model, collective model, shell model, Nilsson model, particle-rotor model, cranking model), the assumptions they are based on, and the parameters they use
- have broad knowledge of nuclear structure phenomena and?can interpret experimental observables and spectroscopic information with the help of nuclear structure models
- are able to use numerical tools that allow performing basic theoretical calculations
- have a good overview of current research topics in nuclear structure physics
Admission to the course
PhD candidates from the University of Oslo should apply for classes and register for examinations through?Studentweb.
If a course has limited intake capacity, priority will be given to PhD candidates who follow an individual education plan where this particular course is included. Some national researchers’ schools may have specific rules for ranking applicants for courses with limited intake capacity.
PhD candidates who have been admitted to another higher education institution must?apply for a position as a visiting student?within a given deadline.
Recommended previous knowledge
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with FYS4570 – Advanced Nuclear Structure.
Teaching
This course has 60 hours of lectures (four hours per week). One hour per week will be devoted to exercises and other practical applications such as instruction in the use of computer codes. Some exercises will be given as homework.
One home assignment must be approved before you can sit?the final exam.
Access to teaching
A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.
Examination
- Final oral exam which counts 100 % towards the final grade.
One home assignment must be approved before you can sit?the final exam.
It will also be counted as one of the three attempts to sit the exam for this course if you sit the exam for one of the following courses: FYS4570 – Advanced Nuclear Structure
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a pass/fail scale. Read more about the grading system.
Resit an examination
Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are offered a?postponed exam?at the beginning of the next semester.
New examinations?are offered at the beginning of the next semester for students who do not successfully complete the exam during the previous semester.
We do not offer a re-scheduled exam for students who withdraw during the exam.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.