FYSS3552 Laserit ja hiukkasloukut ydinfysiikan tutkimuksessa (5 op)
Kuvaus
Nuclear ground state properties
The hyperfine interaction and isotope shift
Basic principles of lasers
Laser spectroscopic techniques
Basic principles of various types of ion traps
Atomic mass spectrometry
Mass separation techniques
Atom traps
Osaamistavoitteet
After the course the student is able to describe and explain:
nuclear ground state properties
various mass measurement and separation techniques for exotic nuclei
Ion traps in nuclear physics
Lasers and their use for probing nuclear ground state properties
Basics of trapping atoms
Esitietojen kuvaus
FYSS3000 Nuclear physics I or equivalent
FYSA2010 Electromagnetism or equivalent
Oppimateriaalit
Lecture slides and associated lecture notes; Stored charged particles –notes by prof. Klaus Blaum and Dr. Sven Sturm; Relevant articles (will be given throughout the course).
Kirjallisuus
- F.G. Major, V.N. Gheorghe and G. Werth: Charged Particle Traps, Springer-Verlag 2005. ISBN 3-540-22043-7
- J. Wilson and J.F.B. Hawkes, Lasers: Principles and Applications, Prentice Hall Europe (1987)
- W. Demtröder, Laser Spectroscopy, Springer-Verlag (2003)
Suoritustavat
Tapa 1
Tapa 2
Osallistuminen opetukseen (5 op)
Lectures, demonstrations, examination, exercises, essay+presentation.
Itsenäinen työskentely (5 op)
Independent study based on slides and literature, exercises, project work, essay, examination.