This unit consists of three lecture sub-units and a practical component: Nuclear physics: nuclear stability, shell model and angular momentum, radioactive decay selection rules, the neutrino and Fermi theory of beta decay, nuclear force; Evolution of massive stars and synthesis of chemical elements; creation of supernova remnants and neutron stars, and types of continuum and line emission produced; interpreting X-ray spectra in relation to physical and chemical properties of these objects; Elementary particles: spin, parity, isotopic spin, strangeness and baryon/lepton number, conservation laws of the fundamental interactions, symmetry theories. -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Jasmina Lazendic-Galloway
Prerequisites: PHS2011, PHS2022, MTH2032, and either MTH2010 or MTH2015
