Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

PHY 411 — Nuclear and Particle Physics I

PHY department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• describe the nuclear structure and properties
• explain the nuclear forces
• explain nuclear particle reactions and nuclear reactors
• illustrate the mechanism of scattering and absorption of nuclear particles
• describe the models for nuclear reactions
• calculate binding energies in nuclear reactions

Course contents

Basic concepts in nuclear physics. Measurements of nuclear mass and charge radii. Electron scattering. Muonic atoms. Electromagnetic moments. Hyperfine structure. Nuclear deformation. Mechanisms of nuclear decay (α decay). Barrier penetration; Geiger-Nuttal systematics. Relationship to proton/heavy fragment emission. ᵦ decay.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study PHY 411.

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