Chapter 1

Nuclear Properties and Models

Nuclear radius and density

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Nuclear spin and magnetic moment

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Electric quadrupole moment

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Nuclear forces characteristics

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Magic numbers and shell model

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Chapter 2

Radioactivity and Decay Processes

Radioactive decay law

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Alpha decay and quantum tunneling

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Beta decay and neutrino hypothesis

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Gamma decay and internal conversion

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Radioactive dating methods

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Chapter 3

Nuclear Reactions and Accelerators

Types of nuclear reactions

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Q-value of a reaction

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Nuclear fission and fusion reactors

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Linear accelerators

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Cyclotron principle

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Chapter 4

Elementary Particles Basics

Classification of elementary particles

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Fundamental interactions

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Conservation laws (charge, baryon number, lepton number)

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Strangeness and isospin

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Quark model introduction

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