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| FIZ3018 | Nuclear Physics - I | 4+0+0 | ECTS:5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of PHYSICS | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 4 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Tuncay BAYRAM | | Co-Lecturer | Prof.Dr. A. Hakan Yılmaz
Prof.Dr. Belgin Küçükömeroğlu | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To understand the basics of nuclear physics, nuclear models, radioactivity, and the structure and properties of the nucleus. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | They will gain the knowledge and skills to interpret and analyze phenomena related to nuclear physics. | 1 - 2 - 4 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | They will learn and apply general concepts about nuclear events.
| 1 - 2 - 4 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | They will be able to analyze the applications of nuclear models. | 1 - 2 - 4 | 1, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Properties of Stable Nuclei, Binding Energy, Alpha Decay, Radioactivity, Liquid Drop Model, Fermi Gas Model, Nuclear Shell Model, Nuclear Spin, Nuclear Moments, Beta Decay, Gamma Decay.
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction, Basics, Rutherford scattering | | | Week 2 | Properties of nuclei | | | Week 3 | Nuclear radius, mass defect, neutron-proton splitting energy | | | Week 4 | electromagnetic interactions | | | Week 5 | Liquid Drop Model
| | | Week 6 | Fermi Gas Model | | | Week 7 | Nuclear Shell Model | | | Week 8 | Radioactivity | | | Week 9 | Mid-of-term Exam | | | Week 10 | Radioactive decay and its types | | | Week 11 | Alpha decay theory | | | Week 12 | Beta decay theory | | | Week 13 | Beta decay theory | | | Week 14 | Gamma radiation theory | | | Week 15 | Fission, Fusion, Nuclear energy | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | K. Krane; 1989, Nükleer Fizik, Palme Yayıncılık, Ankara. | | | |
| 1 | Das A. and Ferbel T.;1994, Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics, John Wiley,New York | | | 2 | Lilley, J. (Çeviri: Aydın A., Sarpün, İ.H., Tel, E., Kaplan, A.) Nükleer Fizik, Nobel Yayıncılık 2018 | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 4 | 14 | 56 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 5 | 4 | 20 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 5 | 6 | 30 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 150 |
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