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. 26th	The atomic nucleus. Basic nuclear physics. Nuclear energy. Orders of magnitudes.	Week 1	Garcia	None
Oct. 3rd	Attenuation of photon radiation. Solid state detectors. Ge and Si.	Week 2	Garcia/Pedersen	Lab: Ge detectors; Deciphering the gamma mystery spectrum. Group A: Tuesday; Group B: Thursday.
Oct. 10th	Ranges of ions and electrons. Radioactivity and radiation damage and health risks: Alpha, beta, gamma activity and neutrons.	Week 3	Garcia/Pedersen	Lab: radiation detectors; photons, electrons, alpha, neutrons. Altogether on Tuesday.
Oct. 17th	Tuesday: Counting statistics. Thursday: CENPA tour.	Week 4	Garcia	CENPA tour: altogether on Thursday.
Oct. 24th	Functioning of accelerators. Tuning beam through our own accelerator.	Week 5	Smith	Accelerator I. Group A: Tuesday; Group B: Thursday.
Oct. 31st	Rutherford scattering. Deciphering the mystery spectrum and the contents of the mystery foil.	Week 6	Garcia/Smith/Pedersen	Lab group A: Rutherford scattering, Thursday 6:30-9:00PM
Nov. 7th	Fission and fusion. The functionning of reactors. Rutherford scattering lab session for group B. Deadline for paper subject decision	Week 7	Garcia/Smith/Pedersen	Lab group B: Rutherford scattering, Thursday 6:30-9:00PM.
Nov. 14th		Week 8		Boeing visit: Meet Thursday at 6:45PM at Boeing. Map
Nov. 21st	Nuclear resonances. Nuclear astrophysics: nucleosythesis in stars.	Week 9	Garcia/Smith/Pedersen	Thursday: Thanksgiving day.
Nov. 28th	Basics of Shell Model. Approximate predictions using simple models. Using quantum numbers and predicting decay rates.	Week 10	Garcia/Smith/Pedersen	Lab group A: (p,g) nuclear resonance. Thursday 6:30-9:00PM.
Dec. 5th	Lecture on 6He laser trapping on Tuesday. Group B lab on Thursday.	Week 11	Garcia/Smith/Pedersen	Lab group B: (p,g) nuclear resonance. Tuesday 6:30-9:00PM.
Dec. 12th	Deadline for paper: Dec. 14th