PHYS 450 Nuclear and Particle Physics
This course serves as an introductory level nuclear and particle physics course. It covers important topics
dealing with global properties of nuclei, radioactive decay and nuclear reactions, geometric shapes of
nuclei, nuclear structure, fundamental forces and interactions (strong, electromagnetic, and weak), quark
model, nucleons structure, force mediators, and applications of nuclear science such as cross section
measurements and scattering (elastic and inelastic).
Prerequisite
PHYS 331