Course Identification

1. Basic concepts: units and Natural units, scales, scattering cross section,  reletavistic variables
2. Nuclear Phenomenology: sizes, masses, shapes and stability of nuclei
3. Liquid drop and shell models of nuclei. Nuclear decay modes, including alpha, beta and fission decay.
4. Applications of nuclear physics
5. Properties of hadrons, internal symmetries and strong forces, with emphasis on isospin and nuclear interactions.
6. The particle zoo and the hunt for constituents. Quark model of hadrons, flavour and colour.
7. Particle detectors and accelerator
8. Experimental techniques in high energy physics.

* Subject to change as the course progresses.

Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate proficiency in the area of subatomic particles and their quantum dynamics.
2. Explain such issues as the limits of nuclear binding, the role of internal quantum numbers and the main processes of decay with emphasis on conservation laws.
3. Describe the standard model of particle physics.
4. Describe the scientific goals, detection methods, analysis scheme and the challenges in several modern particle detectors.