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Undergraduate Catalog 2016-2017 
    
Undergraduate Catalog 2016-2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PHYS 404 - Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics

3 cr.


(Prerequisites: PHYS 270/PHYS 270L , MATH 222 , PHYS 372 )

An introduction to nuclear and particle physics.  Topics to be covered in nuclear physics include the size and shape of nuclei, the liquid drop model, radioactivity, scattering, and the weak interaction.  Topics to be covered in particle physics include the quark model of nucleons, and Feynman diagrams.