FYSJ5102 PH1: Nuclear Structure: from Small Nuclei to Massive Stars (JSS30) (2 cr)

This course is organized in collaboration with course PH2. The following subjects will be discussed:

1. Basic nuclear phenomenology
2. Using simple quantum mechanics example applied to nuclear case: finite square well
3. Phenomenological potentials
4. Discussion on numerical solvers (introduction to computing nuclei)
5. Mean field methods: Hartree Fock
6. Phenomenological interactions: how they work and how we build them?
7. From Hartree-Fock to density functional theory
8. An overview on modern functionals: achievements and well-known problems
9. Extrapolation: can we predict nuclear properties in unknown regions?
10. Introduction to Neutron Stars: what’s the role of nuclear physics?

• Application of quantum mechanics concepts to nuclear case
• Understanding of basic nuclear phenomenology
• Understanding of mean field techniques
• Application of mean field methods to realistic cases using existing solver
• Understanding of the basic physics of neutron star
• Comparing models with data

Basic coding skills, quantum mechanics