FYS4575 – Exotic Nuclei

After completing the course, you are able to:

• explain the motivation to study exotic nuclei.
• discuss different phenomena that are observed in exotic nuclei.
• perform shell model calculations using KSHELL, including being able to choose an appropriate model space and effective interaction, and to find energy spectra and transition probabilities.
• interpret results from shell model calculations.
• discuss the production of exotic nuclei using fragmentation and fission.
• describe the functioning of fragment separators, for example, the BigRIPS facility at RIKEN Nishina Center.
• discuss experimental methods to study exotic nuclei.
• analyze multi-parameter experimental data from exotic nuclei.

If the course is offered in the form of intensive teaching at summer schools, it is relevant for students admitted to Physics (master) specialization in Nuclear and Particle Physics. Other students may apply only if this is cleared with their supervisor.

Please fill in the application form.

Contact the sudieinfo@fys.uio.no if you are unsure if you are eligible to apply.

• FYS3500 – Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics
• FYS4570 – Advanced Nuclear Structure
• FYS4505 – Methods and Instrumentation for Nuclear and Particle Physics

The teaching will either be offered in the form of intensive teaching at summer schools; 2 weeks with 30 hours of lectures and 30 hours of hands-on numerical calculations and student presentations, or as self-study.

Attendance at the school when offered as an in-person course is expected.

The students must present their current master or PhD project and receive peer feedback from other attendants at the school.

As the teaching involves laboratory and/or field work, you should consider taking out separate travel and personal risk insurance. Read about your insurance cover as a student.

• Final home exam in the form of a project assignment which counts 100% towards the final grade.

The home exam should be written in the form of a scientific paper. It should include the theory taught during the course as well as KSHELL calculations and data analysis as described in the given task.

It will also be counted as one of the three attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for the following course: FYS9575 – Exotic Nuclei

In this course, postponed exams are not offered for exam candidates who are ill before the exam or who become ill during the exam. A deferred submission deadline can be offered.

The illness must be documented with a doctor's certificate dated no later than the ordinary submission date. You must submit the doctor's certificate to the course's contact point before the submission deadline for the home exam.

New exams are not offered to candidates who withdraw or do not pass the regular exam.