PHYS4750/6750 (Fall 2007) Course Information

Instructor:

Dr. K. Nakayama

O?ce: room 219, Physics Building

Email: nakayama@hal.physast.uga.edu

O?ce Hours:

Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays: 02:15-03.20pm

Textbook:

Nuclear and Particle Physics: An Introduction, R. B. Martin.

Web Page System:

This course information will also be posted on the world wide web. The URL for the

page is

http://www.physast.uga.edu/courses.html (click on Nakayama)

Topics to be covered:

Below is a tentative list of topics to be covered in this course. Note that it is subject to

changes. The corresponding homework assignments are also subject to changes accordingly.

These changes will be announced in class. Each student is fully responsible to keep track on

such changes by attending class.

1) Basic Concepts.

2) Nuclear Phenomenology.

3) Particle Phenomenology.

4) Strong Interaction: quark dynamics.

5) Electroweak Interaction.

6) Models and Theories of Nuclear Physics.

Homework:

Homework assignments will be posted on the course web page, along with the due dates.

Homework will be graded and count toward your final grade. Solutions to homework prob-

lems will be posted on the web. It goes without saying that homework is due on the day it

is assigned to be due. Late submissions will not be accepted.

Tests:

There will be 2 tests during the semester, the dates of which will be announced in class.

There will also be a cumulative final exam. All tests and the final exam will be closed-books

and closed-notes.

Final Exam:

The Final Exam will be on Dec. 14, 2007, from 12:00-3:00pm.

Grading:

Homework: 20%

Average of Tests: 50%

Final Exam: 30%

The final letter grading scale: 90% - 100% : A; 85% - 90% : A-; 77% - 85% : B+;

70% - 77% : B; 65% - 70% : B-; 60% - 65% : C+; 55% - 60% : C; 50% - 55% : C-;

45% - 50% : D; < 45% : F .