Lecture 5: Nuclear Models

This lecture provides supplemental information on the shell model and nuclear force.  The main aspects of nuclear models are covered in RDCH 701. The strong force is introduced and the similarities of nucleons is discussed, with isospin as a new parameter. The use of mirror nuclei to examine the strong force is presented, emphasizing the normalization of Coulomb energy for mirror nuclei. An overview of nuclear potentials is provided and used to discuss the shell model. States of the shell model and their relationship to magic numbers are discussed. Use of the shell model is determine spin and parity is presented. The relationship between spin and parity with nuclear deformation is introduced with Nilsson diagrams. The correlation between spin, deformation, nuclear shape (spherical, oblate, prolate) is provided.

The homework question can be e-mailed or returned in class on 14 October.