The following is a preliminary schedule of the lectures in 2024. The up-to-date list with the presentations and the Zoom recordings can be found on the Indico page (access code required).
Lectures take place Tue, Thu 11:00-12:30 Pacific.
In-person at TRIUMF, Main Office Building Conference Room and via Zoom.
Date | Topic |
16-Jan | General Introduction |
18-Jan | Production and separation of radioactive beams |
23-Jan | Radioactive decays |
25-Jan | Gamma-radiation: selection rules, lifetimes, detectors, techniques |
30-Jan | Masses and their applications |
01-Feb | Ab initio I: Nucleon-nucleon interactions + Effective Field Theories |
06-Feb | Ab Initio II: the nuclear many-body problem |
08-Feb | Laser spectroscopy & traps, tests of Standard Model |
13-Feb | Direct reactions & spectroscopic factors |
15-Feb | Collective modes: deformation, rotation, oscillations |
20-Feb | Midterm Break |
22-Feb | Midterm Break |
27-Feb | MIDTERM EXAM |
29-Feb | Angular distributions and correlations, g factors |
05-Mar | Shape coexistence and internal conversion electrons |
07-Mar | Inelastic scattering, lifetime measurements |
12-Mar | Ion traps and storage rings in experimental nuclear physics |
14-Mar | Tests of the Standard Model |
19-Mar | Nuclear Astrophysics Topic 1 |
21-Mar | Nuclear Astrophysics Topic 2 |
26-Mar | Nuclear Astrophysics Topic 3 |
28-Mar | Nuclear Astrophysics Topic 4 |
02-Apr | Project Presentations |
04-Apr | Project Presentations |
09-Apr | Project Presentations |
11-Apr | tbc: Project Presentations (if needed) |
23-Apr | FINAL EXAM |