PHYSICS 407 - Nuclear Physics Laboratory
Experiment Schedule
Dr. Barzilov :: Fall 2008 Semester
| Week |
Date |
Experiment |
|
Report Due |
| 1 |
Thursday, Aug 28 |
Syllabus. Radiation safety. Nuclear instrumentation. |
NUC-1
| No report
|
| 2 |
Thursday, Sep 4 |
NaI(TI). Gamma ray energy calibration / resolution. |
NUC-2
| Sep 11
|
| 3 |
Thursday, Sep 11 |
High resolution gamma spectroscopy (HPGe detector). |
NUC-3
| Sep 18
|
| 4 |
Thursday, Sep 18 |
Efficiency of gamma ray detector. |
NUC-4
| Sep 25
|
| 5 |
Thursday, Sep 25 |
Absorption of gamma rays by lead. |
NUC-5
| Oct 9
|
| 6 |
Thursday, Oct 2 |
No experiment (Fall Break) |
|
|
| 7 |
Thursday, Oct 9 |
Compton scattering cross-section determination. |
NUC-6
| Oct 16
|
| 8 |
Thursday, Oct 16 |
Beta spectroscopy. |
NUC-7
| Oct 23
|
| 9 |
Thursday, Oct 23 |
Proportional counter. Neutron measurements. |
NUC-8
| Oct 30
|
| 10 |
Thursday, Oct 30 |
Elemental analysis using pulse neutrons. |
NUC-9
| Nov 6
|
| 11 |
Thursday, Nov 6 |
Phoswich detector with PSD. Photon, fast and thermal neutron yield measurements. |
NUC-10
| Nov 13
|
| 12 |
Thursday, Nov 13 |
Neutron activation detectors. |
NUC-11
| Nov 20
|
| 13 |
Thursday, Nov 20 |
Time coincidence technique. |
NUC-12
| Dec 4
|
| 14 |
Thursday, Nov 27 |
No experiment (Thanksgiving Break) |
|
|
| 15 |
Thursday, Dec 4 |
Gamma-gamma coincidence of 60Co. |
NUC-13
| No report
|
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