Part III
Nuclear Reactions
Cross sections, resonances, fission, and fusion processes.
1
Cross Sections & Resonances
Reaction cross sections, kinematics, Q-value calculations, compound nucleus model, and Breit-Wigner resonance formula.
2
Nuclear Fission
Liquid drop fission barrier, spontaneous vs induced fission, fission product distribution, chain reactions and criticality.
3
Nuclear Fusion
Coulomb barrier tunneling, Gamow peak, stellar fusion (pp chain, CNO cycle), thermonuclear conditions and Lawson criterion.