1. Introduction to nuclear and particle physics
Gerd Petzoldt
(tutorials)
Oliver Zimmer
(lecture)

2. Schedule WS 2004/05 Physics of the atomic nucleus Particle physics
Introduction – an appetizer
Physics of the atomic nucleus
A first view on nuclear properties
Particle accelerators
Scattering processes
Geometrical shape of the nucleus
Nuclear decays
Models of the nucleus
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Nuclear reactions
Nucleosynthesis
Nuclear forces
Particle physics

4. Systems, sizes:
:Energy-spectra
Povh et al.,
„Particles & nuclei“

5. Fundamental interactions

6. Some useful books Povh, Rith, Scholz, Zetsche: Krane:
Particles and nuclei
(Springer 1999)
Frauenfelder, Henley:
Subatomic physics
(Prentice Hall 1999)
Segre:
Nuclei and particles
(Benjamin 1965)
Perkins:
Introduction to high
energy physics
(Addison Wesley 1986)
Krane:
Introductory nuclear
physics
(Wiley & Sons 1987)
Halzen, Martin:
Quarks and leptons
(Wiley & Sons 1984)
Kane:
Modern elementary
particle physics
(Addison Wesley 1987)

7. The nuclear chart

8. 500 MeV electrons: 10 meV neutrons: Atomic nuclei Macromolecules
(a few m) (a few 10-9 m)
ILL annual report 1996 (soft matter)

9. Inelastic electron-proton scattering
Exciting the proton:
Inelastic electron-proton scattering
Povh et al., „Particles & nuclei“

10. Spectra of positronium and charmonium
(Povh et al., Particles & nuclei)

12. ...Applications 3He magnetic resonance imaging of the lung Non-smoker
Light smoker
Mainz University and University hospital Mainz, 1999

13. Instrumental developments

14. Questions, you should (hopefully will) be able to answer after this lecture:
From where do we know about the age of the universe?
How are the chemical elements created?
Why does the sun shine, and why so long?
Why are free neutrons unstable but many atomic nuclei stable?
What are fundamental particles and forces?
How does application of magnetic fields provide us with pictures from inside our bodies?

17. 1. Introduction – an appetizer
i. Hierarchical order of matter
Fundamental particles and forces
iii. Composite systems
Understanding our Universe
Applications of subatomic physics