00422 - Nuclear Physics

Learning outcomes

This course will provide a general comprehension of modern achievements in nuclear and hadronic physics and, at the same time, a strong background in second quantization, advanced methods in quantum mechanics and quantum field theory

Course contents

Introduction: second quantization, Wick theorem.

First part: Mean field approximation, Residual interaction, Hartree-Fock equations, Variational principle.
Pairing, seniority, BCS wave function, Bogoliubov-Valatin transformation: quasi-particle operators.
Superfluidity in nuclear physics. HFB equations.
Symmetry breaking solutions and methods for symmetry restoration.

Second part: Chiral symmetry: currents, charges, algebra and useful relations: GT, GMOR, ...
Chiral symmetry in the nuclear medium. Nucleon models (bag, Skyrme,...). Linear and non linear sigma models.
Goldstone theorem and applications. Higgs model. Nambu-Jona Lasinio model.

or

Algebraic approaches to nuclear structure: IBM1 and IBM2. Excited states in nuclei: Tamm-Dancoff approximation and RPA.

Readings/Bibliography

All lectures and references can be found on the following website
http://minimafisica.biodec.com

Assessment methods

Written examination. Please fill the corresponding form
through Almaesami.

Office hours

See the website of Paolo Finelli