The teaching material is produced in various formats for printing and on-screen reading.
The PDF files are based on LaTeX and have seldom technical failures that cannot be easily corrected. The HTML-based files, called "HTML" and "ipynb" below, apply MathJax for rendering LaTeX formulas and sometimes this technology gives rise to unexpected failures (e.g., incorrect rendering in a web page despite correct LaTeX syntax in the formula). Consult the corresponding PDF files if you find missing or incorrectly rendered formulas in HTML or ipython notebook files.
All lectures are in the main conference room of the theory trailer.
Week and days | Topics to be covered | Exercises and projects | Reading assignments | Additional activities |
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Week 2 January 11-15 | Introduction | Exercise set 1 | Chapters 1-4 of Brown | |
Observables, masses, radii and definitions | Lecture notes | |||
Week 3 January 18-22 | Single particle properties | Exercise 1 | ||
Definitions, basis sets and begin Hartree-Fock | Lecture notes | |||
Week 4 January 25-29 | Hartree-Fock | Exercise set 2 | ||
Single-particle quantum numbers, second quantization | ||||
Week 5 February 1-5 | Second quantization | Exercise set 3 | ||
Hartree-Fock final | ||||
Week 6 February 8-12 | Second quantization | Project 1 | ||
Week 7 February 15-19 | Second quantization | Work on project 1 | ||
Week 8 February 22-26 | Second quantization | Work on project 1 | ||
Angular momentum algebra | Lecture notes | |||
Week 9 February 29 -March 4 | Nuclear shell model | Work on project 1 | Lecture notes | Deadline for project 1 is March 4 |
Angular momentum algebra | Lecture notes | |||
Week 10 March 7-11 | Spring break | |||
Week 11 March 14-18 | Nuclear shell model | Presentation of project 2 | ||
Week 12 March 21-25 | Nuclear shell model | Work on project 2 | ||
Nuclear forces | ||||
Week 13 March 28 -April 1 | Effective Hamiltonians and operators | Work on project 2 | ||
Nuclear decays | ||||
Week 14 April 4-8 | Nuclear decays | Work on project 2 | Deadline for project 2 April 8 | |
Electromagnetic decays | ||||
Week 15 April 11-15 | Nuclear decays | Exercise set 4 | ||
Electromagnetic and Electroweak decays | ||||
Week 16 April 18-22 | Nuclear decays | Exercise set 5 | ||
Electroweak decays | Presentation of projects for final oral exam | |||
Week 17 April 25-29 | Nuclear decays | Work on final oral exam project | ||
Summary of course | ||||
Week 18 May 2-6 | Finals week | Time and schedule TBA |