The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) neutrino detector, before it was filled with water. (Image courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Sidney Yip
MIT Course Number
22.101
As Taught In
Fall 2006
Level
Graduate
Course Description
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- Lecture notes
- Assignments: problem sets with solutions
- Assignments: written (no examples)
- Exams and solutions
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Course Description
This course explores elements of nuclear physics for engineering students. It covers basic properties of the nucleus and nuclear radiations; quantum mechanical calculations of deuteron bound-state wave function and energy; n-p scattering cross section; transition probability per unit time and barrier transmission probability. It also covers binding energy and nuclear stability; interactions of charged particles, neutrons, and gamma rays with matter; radioactive decays; and energetics and general cross section behavior in nuclear reactions.
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