KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & MINERALS

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

PHYS 422 Nuclear and Particle Physics (3-0-3)

Second Semester 2004 (032)

Homework # 1  

HW1#P1: Find 20 of the Main Journals, Books, and sites of Nuclear Physics.

HW1#P2: For  a particle confined to a 3 – dim  Infinite Spherical Well :

-         Calculate the energy eigenvalues and reproduce Fig. 2.11in Krane.

-          Find  the energy eigenvalue of  (n, l) = (3,1).

-          Plot the radial part of the wave function for l = 0, 1, 2 and n=1, 2, 3.

-          Plot    

HW1#P3: Show that:

-         The energy levels degeneracy for the 3-dimesional Coulomb Potential = n²

-          The energy levels degeneracy for the 3-dimesional Simple Harmonic Oscillator   =(n+1) (n+2) degenerate levels

HW1#P4: Calculate the binding energy per nucleon of  ⁴He, ⁵⁶Fe, and ²³⁵U. Comment on the results.