| Overview: Overarching questions for nuclear physics |
| class dates | to do | topics and links |
|---|
| 22/23-Aug-2017 |
before |
Exploring
the Heart of Matter [pp.9-29];
Overview of Piazza Q&A platform;
when reading the "Exploring" excerpts, jot down two or three questions to put into Piazza
during class.
|
| in-class |
Activity sheet:
1094 Activities 1
Links:
6805 Piazza home
(go to Q&A);
Slides:
overarching questions;
key pictures for overview [pdf][web];
Video:
Powers of Ten (video);
|
| extra |
2015 Long-Range
Plan for Nuclear Science [pp.1-7];
"Scale of the Universe" [YouTube video]
[interactive flash];
Unit Q nuclear size excerpt;
(session summary notes added to in Piazza in Sessions folder after class, please review)
|
| 24/25-Aug-2017 |
before |
Exploring the Heart
of Matter (video);
2013 NSAC
report Executive Summary and Introduction [pp.1-7];
Powers of Ten (video);
|
| in-class |
Activity sheet:
1094 Activities 1 (continued);
Slides:
slides on diffraction and resolution [pdf][web];
elastic scattering from nuclei;
key pictures for overview (cont.) [web];
|
| extra |
Debate on number of fundamental
dimensional constants;
(session summary notes added to in Piazza in Sessions folder after class, please review)
|
| Structure of atomic nuclei |
| class dates | to do | topics and links |
|---|
| 29/30-Aug-2017 |
before |
video: Heisenberg's
Uncertainty Principle Explained;
Exploring
the Heart of Matter [pp.31-39];
Unit Q nuclear size excerpt;
Post a new Piazza question about the Exploring the Heart of Matter
reading or the uncertainty principle video or the nuclear size excerpt or
something from the last class.
|
| in-class |
Activity sheet:
1094 Activities 2;
Slides and figures:
slides from Decadal Survey reading [pdf];
proton-nucleus elastic scattering figure;
slides on nuclear sizes;
Link:
periodic table of elements [flash]
[Ptable];
Mathematica notebook:
fitting_a_nonlinear_function_to_data.nb;
PhET applet:
Rutherford
scattering PhET applet;
|
| extra |
excerpt on global
properties of nuclei;
excerpt
on basic concepts in nuclear physics;
(session summary notes added to in Piazza in Sessions folder after class, please review)
|
| 31-Aug/01/05-Sep-2017 |
before |
slides on nuclear sizes;
Atomic energy level diagrams (video) |
| in-class |
Activity sheet:
1094 Activities 2 (continued);
Slides and figures:
nuclear
single-particle potential and levels (slides);
liquid drop
model cartoon;
Nuclear Masses 1 (slides);
Beta Decay 1 (slides);
PhET applets:
PhET Quantum Bound States;
atomic orbital shapes
and filling order;
Rutherford
scattering PhET applet;
Video:
Rare Isotope Rap;
|
| extra |
excerpt on global
properties of nuclei;
excerpt
on basic concepts in nuclear physics;
|
| 06/07/08-Sep-2017 |
before |
Exploring
the Heart of Matter [pp.39-56];
Post a new Piazza question about the Exploring the Heart of Matter
reading or something from previous sessions.
|
| in-class |
Activity sheet:
1094 Activities 3;
Slides and figures:
slides from Decadal Survey reading 2 [pdf];
full_nuclear_level_scheme.png;
r_process_path.png;
Beta Decay 1 (slides);
Beta Decay 2 (slides);
Alpha Decay 1 (slides);
Gamma Decay 1 (slides);
Mathematica notebooks:
form_factor_fourier_transform.nb;
semi_empirical_mass_formula.nb;
Video:
MSU FRIB Shielding Block Placement (video);
|
| extra |
solving nuclei (slides);
nuclear forces 1 (slides);
|
| 12/13-Sep-2017 |
before |
Exploring
the Heart of Matter on Toward a Comprehensive Theory of Nuclei [pp.51-56] and on applications of radioisotopes [pp.150-159];
Post a new Piazza question about the Exploring the Heart of Matter
reading or something from previous sessions.
|
| in-class |
Activity sheet:
1094 Activities 3 (continued);
Slides and figures;
r_process_path.png;
slides from Decadal Survey reading 2 (cont.) [pdf];
Table of Nuclides:
Decay Mode;
α decay in short;
Geiger counter slide;
Decadal survey slides on PET scans;
Nuclear Masses 1 (slides);
Video:
Ununoctium;
Mathematica notebooks:
fourier_scribble_mario_v2.nb,
|
| extra |
Low Energy Nuclear Physics white paper (2015);
|
| 14/15-Sep-2017 |
before |
Exploring
the Heart of Matter on Toward a Comprehensive Theory of Nuclei [pp.51-56]
|
| in-class |
Activity sheet:
1094 Activities 4;
Links:
Table of Nuclides:
Decay Mode;
alternative Table of Nuclides with abundances;
Slides:
SNM and PNM energy vs. density;
slides from Decadal Survey reading 2 (cont.) [pdf];
picture of superfluid vortices;
Expanding in a basis (slides);
Introductory slides on ab initio many-body calculations;
PhET simulations:
Fourier: Making Waves,
Quantum Bound States,
Quantum Tunneling;
Mathematica notebooks:
fourier_scribble_mario_v2.nb,
|
| extra |
Summary slides on SEMF and nuclear matter;
Furnstahl NNPSS 2012 lectures;
expanding_two_square_well_wfs_in_ho.nb
|
| Nuclear astrophysics |
| class dates | to do | topics and links |
|---|
| 19/20-Sep-2017 |
before |
Exploring
the Heart of Matter on Toward a Comprehensive Theory of Nuclei: Nuclear
Astrophysics [pp.56-80];
xkcd Radiation Dose Chart;
Post a new Piazza question about the Exploring the Heart of Matter
reading or something from previous sessions.
|
| in-class |
Activity sheet:
1094 Activities 4 (cont.);
Mathematica notebooks: timing_matrix_diagonalization.nb,
exponential_matrix_lowest_eigenvalue.nb;
fourier_series.nb;
Slides and webpages:
household radioactive items;
Decadal survey slides on Astrophysics;
|
| extra |
radioactive Fiesta Ware;
more on radioactive items;
Wikipedia linear no-threshold model;
|
| 21/22-Sep-2017 |
before |
Decadal survey slides on Astrophysics;
NY Times
article on overreacting to radiation;
|
| in-class |
Activity sheet: 1094 Activities 5;
ANS radiation dose calculator;
Expanding in a basis (slides);
Introductory slides on ab initio many-body calculations;
Mathematica notebooks: expanding_two_square_well_wfs_in_ho.nb,
semi_empirical_mass_formula.nb;
PhET simulation:
Quantum Bound States,
α decay in short;
|
| extra |
arxiv:1509.06671 nuclear pasta;
arxiv:1509.06561 EOS constraints;
|
| 26/27-Sep-2017 |
before |
Videos:
Nucleosynthesis: The Formation of Elements in the Universe;
The Exotic World of Neutron Stars;
The Search for Gravitational Waves;
Einstein's Messengers;
Post a new Piazza question about the videos or something from previous sessions.
|
| in-class |
Activity sheet: 1094 Activities 5 (cont.);
Slides:
Decadal survey slides on Astrophysics;
Exotic Nuclei (slides);
26Al decay scheme;
r-process slides;
Videos:
The Elements: Forged in Stars (3:42);
Slides:
selected neutron star slides;
pairing in nuclei;
|
| extra |
heavy element nucleosynthesis;
Creation of elements - Supernova in the lab (5:07);
|
| 28/29-Sep-03-Oct-2017 |
before |
Exploring
the Heart of Matter on Toward a Comprehensive Theory of Nuclei: Exploring
Quark-Gluon Plasma [first part, pp.80-91];
|
| in-class |
Activity sheet:
1094 Activities 6;
thermodynamic
identity;
Video:
SNS at ORNL;
Slides:
quantum tunneling and Gamow peak;
r-process slides;
PhET simulation:
Quantum Tunneling;
Mathematica notebook: Part 1
of Gamow peak exploration;
|
| extra |
ESS - Science for Society;
|
| Exploring quark-gluon plasma |
| class dates | to do | topics and links |
|---|
| 04/05-Oct-2017 |
before |
Exploring
the Heart of Matter on Toward a Comprehensive Theory of Nuclei: Exploring
Quark-Gluon Plasma [second part, pp.91-104];
|
| in-class |
Activity sheet:
1094 Activities 7;
Videos:
Virtual
tour of RHIC;
Breakthrough (RHIC propaganda :);
RHIC: The Perfect Liquid;
Slides:
Decadal survey slides on QGP I;
|
| extra |
Decadal survey slides on QGP II;
|
| 06/10-Oct-2017 |
before |
Video:
Hot Quark Soup Produced at RHIC;
|
| in-class |
Activity sheet:
1094 Activities 7 (cont.);
Video:
Hydrodynamic Simulations;
Slides:
Decadal survey slides on QGP I;
Decadal survey overview slides;
QGP slides 1;
|
| extra | |
| 11-Oct-2017 |
before |
Planning 2015 NSAC Long Range Plan;
Hot QCD White Paper, pages 10-21 and 47-49;
|
| in-class |
NSAC agenda;
Program for Nuclear Structure and Nuclear Astrophysics meetings;
Slides:
Decadal survey slides on QGP I (cont.);
RHIC timescales;
Decadal survey slides on QGP II;
QGP slides 1 (cont.);
Video:
Hydrodynamic Simulations;
Activity sheet:
1094 Activities 8;
Mathematica notebook: Thermal number distributions;
|
| extra | |
| 12/13-Oct-2017 |
before | |
| in-class |
No class on Thursday/Friday, October 12/13 (Autumn break).
|
| extra |
"What could
we learn from quantum gravity"
|
| 17/18-Oct-2017 |
before |
Due Oct. 19: Town Meeting slide in Piazza note;
|
| in-class |
2015 NSAC Long Range Plan;
Activity sheet:
1094 Activities 8 (cont.);
Slides:
2015 NSAC LRP slides I;
QGP slides 1 (cont.);
Energy density displayed;
Bag model of hadrons;
|
| extra | |
| 19/20-Oct-2017 |
before |
Exploring
the Heart of Matter on The Strong Force and the Internal Structure
of Neutrons and Protons [pp.104-117; 129-130]
Post a new Piazza question about the Exploring the Heart of Matter
reading or something from previous sessions. |
| in-class |
Videos:
Empty Space is NOT Empty;
Your Mass
is NOT From the Higgs Boson;
visualizations
of QCD;
Activity sheet:
1094 Activities 8 (cont.);
1094 Activities 9;
Slides:
Ising model: magnetic moments;
2015 NSAC LRP slides I;
QGP slides 1 (cont.);
Bag model of hadrons;
Simulations:
2-D Ising model (html5);
2-D Ising model (js);
|
| extra |
Jefferson Lab Virtual Tour;
Quarks and leptons for beginners;
The Quark Song;
|
| Strong force and internal structure of hadrons |
| class dates | to do | topics and links |
|---|
| 24/25-Oct-2017 |
before |
Exploring
the Heart of Matter on The Strong Force and the Internal Structure
of Neutrons and Protons [pp.117-132]
Post a new Piazza question about the Exploring the Heart of Matter
reading or something from previous sessions.
|
| in-class |
Videos:
visualizations
of QCD;
The evolution of event displays;
Di-Jet collision event (ATLAS);
Jets of Particles (ATLAS);
Jefferson Lab Virtual Tour;
Activity sheet:
1094 Activities 9 (cont.);
1094 Activities 10;
Slides:
Bag model of hadrons;
QCD lattice phase transitions 1;
QGP slides 1 (cont.);
2015 NSAC LRP slides I;
Simulations:
2-D Ising model (js);
|
| extra |
Another Quark Song;
|
| 26/27-Oct-2017 |
before |
Strong Interaction videos
[#1a]
[#1b];
|
| in-class |
Activity sheet:
1094 Activities 10;
Slides:
QCD mass slides;
animated neutron;
Mathematica notebook: Discretization games;
Simulations:
2-D Ising model (html5);
2-D Ising model (js);
|
| extra |
notes on the Ising model;
subatomic particle plush toys;
|
| 31-Oct/01-Nov-2017 |
before |
Due Friday: Town Meeting slide with answers in Piazza note;
|
| in-class |
Activity sheets:
1094 Activities 10 (cont.);
1094 Activities 11;
Slides:
Decadal survey slides on the strong force 1;
QCD vacuum polarization and spectrum slides;
Sample paths;
Mathematica notebooks:
Discretization games;
Quantum Mechanics with Path Integrals, Part 1;
|
| extra |
Lattice QCD for Novices;
"The Path Integral Formulation of Your Life";
|
| 02/03-Nov-2017 |
before |
Due: Finished Town Meeting slide with answers in Piazza note;
|
| in-class |
Activity sheet:
1094 Activities 10 (cont.);
1094 Activities 11;
Slides:
QCD vacuum polarization and spectrum slides;
Dielectric
Mathematica notebook:
Quantum Mechanics with Path Integrals, Part 1;
Simulation:
PhET Quantum Bound States;
|
| extra |
Lattice QCD for Novices;
"The Path Integral Formulation of Your Life";
|
| 07/08/09-Nov-2017 |
before |
Exploring
the Heart of Matter on Fundamental Symmetries [pp.22-24 and 132-148]
|
| in-class |
Activity sheet:
1094 Activities 11 (cont.);
1094 Activities 12;
Slides:
Decadal survey slides on the strong force 1;
QCD vacuum polarization and spectrum slides;
Sample paths;
Not-so-random-numbers slide;
Mathematica notebook:
Quantum Mechanics with Path Integrals, Part 1;
Quantum Mechanics with Path Integrals, Part 2;
|
| extra |
Lattice QCD for Novices;
|
| Fundamental symmetries and neutrinos |
| class dates | to do | topics and links |
|---|
| 10-Nov-2017 |
before | |
| in-class |
No class on Friday, November 10 (Veteran's Day).
|
| extra | |
| 14/15/16-Nov-2017 |
before |
Neutrino Pamphlet;
Post a new Piazza question about the neutrino reading.
|
| in-class |
Activity sheet:
1094 Activities 12 (cont.);
1094 Activities 13;
Slides:
Beta Decay 3;
Neutrinos 1;
|
| extra |
One-minute video: What is a neutrino?
|
| 17/21-Nov-2017 |
before |
Due (11/21): QCD Town Meeting slide in Piazza note with questions;
The Chameleons of Space
from nobelprize.org
|
| in-class |
Activity sheet:
1094 Activities 13 (cont.);
1094 Activities 14;
Slides:
Neutrinos 2;
|
| extra |
Video:
The KATRIN experiment
|
| 28/29/30-Nov-2017 |
before |
Exploring
the Heart of Matter on Fundamental Symmetries [pp.22-24 and 132-148]
|
| in-class |
Activity sheet:
1094 Activities 13 (cont.);
1094 Activities 14 (cont.);
Video: Nuclear reactor pulse compilation
(Cherenkov radiation!);
PhET applet:
PhET Quantum Bound States;
Slides:
Decadal survey slides on neutrinos;
Neutrinos 2;
Neutrinos 3;
number of neutrinos;
|
| extra |
|
| Nuclear science going forward (plus applications) |
| class dates | to do | topics and links |
|---|
| 01-Dec-2017 |
before |
Exploring
the Heart of Matter on Societal Applications and Benefits [pp.158-181, 209-212, and 227-229];
Post a new Piazza question about the Exploring the Heart of Matter
reading on applications.
|
| in-class |
Slides:
Neutrinos 3;
Decadal study
slides on applications 2;
|
| extra |
D. Ireland introduction at ISNET-3;
W. Nazarewicz summary at ISNET-3;
Furnstahl talk at ISNET-3;
|
| 05/06-Dec-2017 |
before |
Post a new Piazza question about the Exploring the Heart of Matter
reading on applications.
Due (12/12): QCD Town Meeting slide in Piazza note with answers;
|
| in-class |
Activity sheet:
1094 Activities 15;
Slides:
Basics of Bayesian statistics;
Applications of Bayesian statistics;
Mathematica notebook:
Bayesian Games, Part 1;
|
| extra |
Bayes in the Sky;
Constrained curve fitting;
Statistics chapter from Particle Data Group;
|
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