M'SONE | Main / Nuclear physics for Power Reactors II

Lecturer : Prof Sharpey-Schafer and Dr S Mullins : iThemba

Course Outline

This course builds on the previous one with more sophisticated treatments and insights.
- Introduction to Nuclear Physics
- Properties of Ground States of Nuclei
- Nuclear Reactions
- Compound Nucleus Reactions
Textbooks
- Prescribed
  - K S Krane; “Introductory Nuclear Physics” ( Wiley )
  - W E Burcham; “Elements of Nuclear Physics” (out of print ?)
  - J M Reid; “The Atomic Nucleus” ( Manchester University Press )
  - K Heyde; “Basic Ideas and Concepts in Nuclear Physics” 3rd Ed. ( IoP )
- Recommended
  - S G Nilsson and I Ragnarsson; “Shapes and Shells in Nuclear Structure” (Cambridge Univ. Press)
  - B Povh et al; “Particles and Nucei” 4th Ed. (Springer)
  - G R Satchler; “Nuclear Reactions” 2nd Ed. (MacMillan)
  - P Ring and P Schuck; “The Nuclear Many-Body Problem” (Springer) 9] W Greiner and J A Maruhm; “Nuclear Models” (Springer)
  - W Greiner and J A Maruhm; “Nuclear Models” (Springer)