Lectures will take place in room 178 at the North Physics Laboratory (Look it up on campus maps). Most of the lectures will occur on Tuesdays at 6:30PM each week. However, on many occasions we will also meet on Thursdays to make sure we cover the material or get lab practice.

date	lecture	readings	instructor	Lab
Sep. 25th	The atomic nucleus. Basic nuclear physics. Nuclear energy. Orders of magnitudes.	Week 1	Garcia	None
Oct. 2nd	Attenuation of photon radiation. Solid state detectors. Ge and Si.	Week 2	Garcia/Dodson	Lab: Ge detectors; Deciphering the gamma mystery spectrum. Group A: Tuesday; Group B: Thursday.
Oct. 9th	Ranges of ions and electrons. Radioactivity and radiation damage and health risks: Alpha, beta, gamma activity and neutrons.	Week 3	Garcia/Dodson	Lab: radiation detectors; photons, electrons, alpha, neutrons. Altogether on Tuesday.
Oct. 16th	Tuesday: Counting statistics. Thursday: CENPA tour.	Week 4	Garcia	CENPA tour: altogether on Thursday.
Oct. 23th	Functioning of accelerators. Tuning beam through our own accelerator.	Week 5	Dodson	Accelerator I. Group A: Tuesday; Group B: Thursday.
Oct. 30st	Rutherford scattering. Deciphering the mystery spectrum and the contents of the mystery foil.	Week 6	Garcia/Dodson	Lab group A: Rutherford scattering, Thursday 6:30-9:00PM
Nov. 4th	Fission and fusion. The functionning of reactors. Rutherford scattering lab session for group B. Deadline for paper subject decision	Week 7	Garcia/Dodson	Lab group B: Rutherford scattering, Thursday 6:30-9:00PM.
Nov. 11th		Week 8		Boeing visit: Meet Thursday at 6:45PM at Boeing. Map
Nov. 18th	Nuclear resonances. Nuclear astrophysics: nucleosythesis in stars.	Week 9	Garcia/Dodson	Thursday: Thanksgiving day.
Nov. 25th	Basics of Shell Model. Approximate predictions using simple models. Using quantum numbers and predicting decay rates.	Week 10	Garcia/Dodson	Lab group A: (p,g) nuclear resonance. Thursday 6:30-9:00PM.
Dec. 2nd	Lecture on 6He laser trapping on Tuesday. Group B lab on Thursday.	Week 11	Garcia/Dodson	Lab group B: (p,g) nuclear resonance. Tuesday 6:30-9:00PM.
Dec. 9th	Deadline for paper: Dec. 11th