| Physics 302-01 Nuclear and Particle Physics | ||||
| Spring Term, 2000 | Earl C. Swallow | |||
| Week | Date | Topic | Chapter* | |
| 1 | Jan. | 31 | Introduction and Ground Rules | |
| Feb. | 2 | Nuclear Structure and Radioactivity | 12 | |
| 4 | ||||
| 2 | 7 | |||
| 8 | ||||
| 9 | ||||
| 3 | 14 | Nuclear Reactions and Applications | 13 | |
| 16 | ||||
| 18 | ||||
| 4 | 21 | |||
| 23 | Quiz #1 | 12-13 | ||
| 25 | Elementary Particles - Search for the "Real Atoms" | 14 | ||
| 5 | 28 | |||
| March | 1 | |||
| 3 | ||||
| 6 | 6 | |||
| 8 | Accelerators and Detectors | |||
| 10 | ||||
| 7 | 13 | |||
| 15 | ||||
| 17 | (Term Paper "Proposal" Due) | |||
| - - - R & R - - - | ||||
| 8 | 27 | Quiz #2 | 14+ | |
| 29 | Statistical Physics | 10 | ||
| 31 | ||||
| 9 | April | 3 | ||
| 5 | ||||
| 7 | ||||
| 10 | 10 | |||
| 12 | Quiz #3 | 10 | ||
| 14 | Astrophysics and General Relativity | 15 | ||
| 11 | 17 | |||
| 19 | (Term Paper Draft Due - 2 copies) | |||
| 21 | Happy Easter! | |||
| 12 | 24 | |||
| 26 | ||||
| 28 | ||||
| 13 | May | 1 | Cosmology | 16 |
| 3 | ||||
| 5 | ||||
| 14 | 8 | |||
| 10 | (Term Paper Due) | |||
| 12 | ||||
The Final Examination is scheduled for Friday, May 19 at 10:30 a.m.
*Chapters in Modern Physics by Kenneth S. Krane (John Wiley & Sons, 2nd edition, 1996).