2017/2018

2018/2019

DM270

FIS/04 (NUCLEAR AND SUBNUCLEAR PHYSICS)

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

Fisica nucleare e subnucleare

2°

2nd semester (04/03/2019 - 14/06/2019)

6

48 lesson hours

Italian

ORAL TEST

FONTANA ANDREA (titolare) - 3 ECTS
MENEGOLLI ALESSANDRO - 3 ECTS

Notions of nuclear and subnuclear physics, radioactivity, electromagnetism and quantum mechanics.

To learn the concepts and phenomena related to the physics of weak interactions and of neutrino.

The course is based on the study of the weak interaction phenomenology (parity violation, neutrino and electron helicity, angular distributions) and of the theoretical formalism used for its description (Dirac theory and V-A theory). The topics covered are devoted to three research fields connected with the betadecay and with the physics of neutrino:
- nucleosynthesis on stars, in particular on the sun: solar neutrino problem, stellar evolution, r,s and p processes, supernovae, neutron stars, black holes, age of the Universe, dark matter;
- double beta decay: massive neutrinos, Dirac and Majorana neutrinos, double beta decay with and without neutrino emission, survey of experiments and discussion of experimental results;
- neutrino oscillations: theoretical formalism and ideal experiments, neutrinos from accelerators, reactors, atmospheric and solar, survey of experiments and discussion of experimental results.

Lectures.

- G. Bendiscioli, Fenomeni Radioattivi: dai nuclei alle stelle, Springer 2013 (II Edizione)
- J.S. Lilley, Nuclear Physics, John Wiley and Sons, 2001
- Marco Sozzi, Discrete Symmetries and CP Violation: From Experiment to Theory Oxford Graduate Texts, 2008
- A.C. Phillips, The Physics of Stars, John Wiley and Sons, 1999

Oral interview with possibility of a seminar on topics chosen from selected literature.

Oral interview with possibility of a seminar on topics chosen from selected literature.