20401227 -
ELEMENTS OF NUCLEAR AND SUBNUCLEAR PHYSICS
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Provide the concepts of transition probability per unit of time, cross section, lifetime and the main characteristics of the fundamental interactions. Provide the experimental results and models able to describe the properties of nuclei, nuclear decays, nuclear reactions. Stimulate the ability to apply the acquired notions to practical problems, with particular regard to the most common nuclear techniques, in the diagnostic and energy field.
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ORESTANO DOMIZIA
( syllabus)
First module: The proton, cathode rays, the electron, mass and electric charge. Black body radiation, Planck constant, photoelectric effect, X rays, Compton effect, the photon. Bohr atomic model, atomic spectra, electron magnetic moment and spin. Special relativity, Lorentz transforms, four-vectors and relativistic invariants, energy and momentum, relativistic kinematics. Cross section, absorption coefficient. Coulomb scattering, Rutherford cross section. Scattering of electromagnetic radiation by a charge, Thomson cross section. Quantum mechanics and perturbation theory, transition probability, phase space. Decay low, electromagnetic interaction, emission and absorption, electric and magnetic dipole radiation, selection rules. Rutherford scattering, electric form factor, scattering of a charge by a magnetic moment, electric and magnetic form factor of proton and neutron. Potential scattering, partial waves, scattering and absorption cross section.
Second module: Properties of nuclei, atomic and mass number, stability band, measurement of charge, mass and nuclear radius. Statistics, spin and parity of nuclei, the neutron. Electromagnetic energy of nuclei, magnetic dipole and electric quadrupole moments. Fermi gas model, kinetic energy of nucleons. Liquid drop model, Bethe-Weizsaeker mass formula, mirror nuclei. Magic numbers, shell model, spin-orbit interaction, energy levels and spin-parity states. The neutron-proton system, the deuteron. Nuclear decays, activity. Phenomenology of gamma decay, multipole radiation, Weisskopf coefficients. Phenomenology of alpha decay, kinematics, stability curve, potential barrier and Gamow factor, lifetime. Phenomenology of beta decay, the neutrino hypothe sis, Fermi theory, Kurie plot, lifetime, Fermi and Gamow-Teller transitions. Weak interaction and Fermi constant. Discovery of the neutrino.
Third module: Nuclear reactions, Fission, energy balance of the Uranium fission, neutron-induced fission, nuclear reactor. Fusion, cycles of the Sun, energy balance, nucleo-synthesis, fusion in the laboratory. Nuclear forces, Yukawa model. Cosmic rays, primary and secondary components, the positron. Discovery and properties of elementary particles, meson and baryons, anti-particles. Elementary particle interactions: nuclear, electromagnetic, weak. The quark model, discovery of quarks.
( reference books)
• W. E. Burcham and M. Jobes, Nuclear and Particle Physics, Pearson Education, 1994. • The notes of the course of Institutions of Nuclear and Subnuclear Physics of Prof. Ceradini will be made available on the course website
The teaching material is available in double copy on the moodle platforms https://matematicafisica.el.uniroma3.it/course/view.php?id=51 and in sharepoint https://uniroma3.sharepoint.com/sites/ElementidiFisicaNucleareeSubnucleareAA201920. Students are asked to register on moodle and on teams (https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3a57c8fc1e646a489894614511aea22a8c%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=b5330848-367f-43b5-ae3c-bdb-fdb f464-458c-a546-00fb3af66f6a)
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SALAMANNA GIUSEPPE
( syllabus)
First module: The proton, cathode rays, the electron, mass and electric charge. Black body radiation, Planck constant, photoelectric effect, X rays, Compton effect, the photon. Bohr atomic model, atomic spectra, electron magnetic moment and spin. Special relativity, Lorentz transforms, four-vectors and relativistic invariants, energy and momentum, relativistic kinematics. Cross section, absorption coefficient. Coulomb scattering, Rutherford cross section. Scattering of electromagnetic radiation by a charge, Thomson cross section. Quantum mechanics and perturbation theory, transition probability, phase space. Decay low, electromagnetic interaction, emission and absorption, electric and magnetic dipole radiation, selection rules. Rutherford scattering, electric form factor, scattering of a charge by a magnetic moment, electric and magnetic form factor of proton and neutron. Potential scattering, partial waves, scattering and absorption cross section.
Second module: Properties of nuclei, atomic and mass number, stability band, measurement of charge, mass and nuclear radius. Statistics, spin and parity of nuclei, the neutron. Electromagnetic energy of nuclei, magnetic dipole and electric quadrupole moments. Fermi gas model, kinetic energy of nucleons. Liquid drop model, Bethe-Weizsaeker mass formula, mirror nuclei. Magic numbers, shell model, spin-orbit interaction, energy levels and spin-parity states. The neutron-proton system, the deuteron. Nuclear decays, activity. Phenomenology of gamma decay, multipole radiation, Weisskopf coefficients. Phenomenology of alpha decay, kinematics, stability curve, potential barrier and Gamow factor, lifetime. Phenomenology of beta decay, the neutrino hypothe sis, Fermi theory, Kurie plot, lifetime, Fermi and Gamow-Teller transitions. Weak interaction and Fermi constant. Discovery of the neutrino.
Third module: Nuclear reactions, Fission, energy balance of the Uranium fission, neutron-induced fission, nuclear reactor. Fusion, cycles of the Sun, energy balance, nucleo-synthesis, fusion in the laboratory. Nuclear forces, Yukawa model. Cosmic rays, primary and secondary components, the positron. Discovery and properties of elementary particles, meson and baryons, anti-particles. Elementary particle interactions: nuclear, electromagnetic, weak. The quark model, discovery of quarks.
( reference books)
• W. E. Burcham and M. Jobes, Nuclear and Particle Physics, Pearson Education, 1994. • The notes of the course of Institutions of Nuclear and Subnuclear Physics of Prof. Ceradini will be made available on the course website
The teaching material is available in double copy on the moodle platforms https://matematicafisica.el.uniroma3.it/course/view.php?id=51 and in sharepoint https://uniroma3.sharepoint.com/sites/ElementidiFisicaNucleareeSubnucleareAA201920. Students are asked to register on moodle and on teams (https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3a57c8fc1e646a489894614511aea22a8c%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=b5330848-367f-43b5-ae3c-bdb-fdb f464-458c-a546-00fb3af66f6a)
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20401809 -
ASTROPHYSICS LABORATORY
(objectives)
To acquire a sufficient mastery of the basic conceptual and experimental tools of astrophysics, with particular reference to the spectral range of the visible
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RICCI FEDERICA
( syllabus)
The course includes an indoor laboratory activity, some observation and telescope measurement evenings and some data analysis sessions. There will be classroom exercises in which exercises assigned to students are performed and discussed. The exam includes the frequency of experimental activities and exercises, the writing of laboratory reports and an oral interview about an experimental problem concerning the topics covered in the course
( reference books)
notes provided by the teacher
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BERNIERI ENRICO
( syllabus)
The course includes an indoor laboratory activity, some observation and telescope measurement evenings and some data analysis sessions. There will be classroom exercises in which exercises assigned to students are performed and discussed. The exam includes the frequency of experimental activities and exercises, the writing of laboratory reports and an oral interview about an experimental problem concerning the topics covered in the course
( reference books)
notes provided by the teacher
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20401811 -
NUCLEAR AND SUBNUCLEAR PHYSICS LABORATORY
(objectives)
The course is mainly based on laboratory activities, and is preceded by a series of dedicated classroom lessons to the basic concepts about detectors, trigger systems, signal acquisition in the field of High Energy Physics. The laboratory consists of carrying out a small-scale experiment for measuring the decay of the mu meson.
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PETRUCCI FABRIZIO
( syllabus)
Topics of the lectures of the first part of the course. a) Subatomic particles and their interactions with matter: - Radioactive sources, cosmic rays and elementary particles; - Ionisation energy loss for heavy charged particles; - Ionisation energy loss for electrons and positrons; - Cherenkov radiation; - Transition radiation; - Multiple coulomb scattering; - Photons interactions; - Pair production and shower development.
b) Particle detectors: - General characteristics of particle detectors; - Ionisation detectors; - Scintillation detectors; - Photomultiplier tubes.
c) Applications: - Measurements of charged particle momenta; - Introduction to particle identification; - Trigger; - Examples of fundamental experiments in particle physics.
All the relevant topics and practical informations needed to operate the particle detectors exploited in the lab will be given during the laboratory practice.
( reference books)
During the lectures slides and additional notes will be circulated.
The recommended textbook is:: (Leo W.R.) Techniques for Nuclear and Particle Physics Experiments [Springer-Verlag]
For an introduction to particle physics and to particle interactions in matter: (Braibant S., Giacomelli G., Spurio M.) Particelle e interazioni fondamentali [Springer] (in Italian)
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SALAMANNA GIUSEPPE
( syllabus)
Topics of the lectures of the first part of the course. a) Subatomic particles and their interactions with matter: - Radioactive sources, cosmic rays and elementary particles; - Ionisation energy loss for heavy charged particles; - Ionisation energy loss for electrons and positrons; - Cherenkov radiation; - Transition radiation; - Multiple coulomb scattering; - Photons interactions; - Pair production and shower development.
b) Particle detectors: - General characteristics of particle detectors; - Ionisation detectors; - Scintillation detectors; - Photomultiplier tubes.
c) Applications: - Measurements of charged particle momenta; - Introduction to particle identification; - Trigger; - Examples of fundamental experiments in particle physics.
All the relevant topics and practical informations needed to operate the particle detectors exploited in the lab will be given during the laboratory practice.
( reference books)
During the lectures slides and additional notes will be circulated.
The recommended textbook is:: (Leo W.R.) Techniques for Nuclear and Particle Physics Experiments [Springer-Verlag]
For an introduction to particle physics and to particle interactions in matter: (Braibant S., Giacomelli G., Spurio M.) Particelle e interazioni fondamentali [Springer] (in Italian)
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IODICE Mauro
( syllabus)
Topics of the lectures of the first part of the course. a) Subatomic particles and their interactions with matter: - Radioactive sources, cosmic rays and elementary particles; - Ionisation energy loss for heavy charged particles; - Ionisation energy loss for electrons and positrons; - Cherenkov radiation; - Transition radiation; - Multiple coulomb scattering; - Photons interactions; - Pair production and shower development.
b) Particle detectors: - General characteristics of particle detectors; - Ionisation detectors; - Scintillation detectors; - Photomultiplier tubes.
c) Applications: - Measurements of charged particle momenta; - Introduction to particle identification; - Trigger; - Examples of fundamental experiments in particle physics.
All the relevant topics and practical informations needed to operate the particle detectors exploited in the lab will be given during the laboratory practice.
( reference books)
During the lectures slides and additional notes will be circulated.
The recommended textbook is:: (Leo W.R.) Techniques for Nuclear and Particle Physics Experiments [Springer-Verlag]
For an introduction to particle physics and to particle interactions in matter: (Braibant S., Giacomelli G., Spurio M.) Particelle e interazioni fondamentali [Springer] (in Italian)
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20401812 -
ENVIRONMENTAL AND EARTH PHYSICS LABORATORY
(objectives)
Acquire competence in the execution and analysis of data from terrestrial physics and environmental experiments
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PETTINELLI ELENA
( syllabus)
1. Introduction to the Course, Earth Physics and the Environment
2. Introduction to Python, matrices and vectors, functions
3. Recall to Fourier series and transform. Transfer function, causality, dispersion.
4. Python Exercise, Pulse Response
5. Sampling theorem, aliasing, analytical signal, signal energy
6. Python Exercise, Fourier Transform, FFT
7. Time series
8. Python Exercise, Least Squares problem and Data fitting
9. Introduction to Climate Change
10. Exercise on a time series (CO2 concentration in the atmosphere)
11. Earthquakes and propagation of waves
12. Exercise on a time series (CO2 concentration in the atmosphere)
13. Maxwell equations, constitutive relations
14. Exercise on a time series (CO2 concentration in the atmosphere)
15. Low frequency and high frequency electromagnetic measurements
16. Exercise on Earthquake location
17. Relation between electrical parameters and hydraulic parameters: electrical conductivity and hydraulic permeability
18. Exercise on Earthquake location
19. Hydrodynamic dispersion equation
20. Exercise on the diffusion of a pollutant
( reference books)
• J. Gaskill, Linear systems, Fourier transforms, and optics, Wiley.
• A. R. Von Hippel, Dielectric and Waves, John Wiley & Sons.
• F. W. Taylor, Elementary Climate Physics, Oxford.
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20410715 -
Materials Diagnostic Laboratory
(objectives)
Acquire the theoretical and experimental skills necessary to analyze the morphological, structural and optical properties of materials and their composition. Acquire skills in writing a scientific report.
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RUOCCO ALESSANDRO
( syllabus)
In this course we shall introduce two experimental techniques used to characterize the surface properties of condensed matter: x-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). First, we shall provide a theoretical background of the two techniques. The frontal lectures have the following subjects: optical versus scanning probe microscopy; STM; contact AFM; non-contact AFM; secondary SPM techniques; resolution and artifacts; SPM image analysis; surface and vacuum; fundamental of XPS; three-step model; x-ray sources; electron analyzers; electron detection; XPS data acquisition and analysis. Subsequently, the experimental activity will be carried on using tools available at the Laboratory for Physics and Technology of Semiconductors and at Lasec Laboratory.
( reference books)
- Notes provided by the teacher based on the slides presented during the lectures - Fundamentals of probe scanning microscopy, V. L. Mironov, NT-MDT
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OFFI FRANCESCO
( syllabus)
In this course we shall introduce two experimental techniques used to characterize the surface properties of condensed matter: x-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). First, we shall provide a theoretical background of the two techniques. The frontal lectures have the following subjects: optical versus scanning probe microscopy; STM; contact AFM; non-contact AFM; secondary SPM techniques; resolution and artifacts; SPM image analysis; surface and vacuum; fundamental of XPS; three-step model; x-ray sources; electron analyzers; electron detection; XPS data acquisition and analysis. Subsequently, the experimental activity will be carried on using tools available at the Laboratory for Physics and Technology of Semiconductors.
( reference books)
- Notes provided by the teacher based on the slides presented during the lectures - Fundamentals of probe scanning microscopy, V. L. Mironov, NT-MDT
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TALAMAS SIMOLA ENRICO
( syllabus)
In this course we shall introduce two experimental techniques used to characterize the surface properties of condensed matter: x-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). First, we shall provide a theoretical background of the two techniques. The frontal lectures have the following subjects: optical versus scanning probe microscopy; STM; contact AFM; non-contact AFM; secondary SPM techniques; resolution and artifacts; SPM image analysis; surface and vacuum; fundamental of XPS; three-step model; x-ray sources; electron analyzers; electron detection; XPS data acquisition and analysis. Subsequently, the experimental activity will be carried on using tools available at the Laboratory for Physics and Technology of Semiconductors.
( reference books)
- Notes provided by the teacher based on the slides presented during the lectures - Fundamentals of probe scanning microscopy, V. L. Mironov, NT-MDT
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20410716 -
High performance computing laboratory
(objectives)
Acquire knowledge on the operation of high-performance computing systems and the techniques of use and optimization of codes, algorithms and programs
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BUDANO Antonio
( syllabus)
• Computer Architecture: - Logical and physical organization - CPU architecture (parallelism, pipeline, superscalar architecture, registers, operations, buffers and internal cache) - system bus and peripheral bus, main memory, disks - parallel multicore, multiprocessor and GPU architectures • Operating systems: - general functions - kernel, processes and memory organization, scheduling algorithms - file system • Virtual systems and containers - Virtual machine architecture - Conainer architecture • Communication networks: - Network architectures, topologies of local and geographic networks - standard TCP / IP routing and communication protocols - Networks for HPC computing • Storage systems: - physical structuring - RAID systems - high performance file system • HPC systems: - intensive computing, algorithm parallelism, computer farm and job scheduling systems - MPI libraries for running parallel programs - Scheduling systems - new frontiers of scientific computing and GRID. - Cloud systems • Algorithms, codes and programs on HPC architectures Examples of algorithm development and execution of parallel architectures
Development examples using MPI
Development examples on GPU cards
( reference books)
- J. F. Kurose, K. W. Ross , Reti di calcolatori e internet. Un approccio top-down - A. S. Tanenbaum, H. Bos, B. Crispo, C. Palazzi, I moderni sistemi operativi - A. S. Tanenbaum, T.Austin, Architettura dei calcolatori. Un approccio strutturale
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