Course Name: Nuclear and Particle Physics

Course abstract

The first part of the course will discuss nuclear physics. Properties of nuclei and details of popular nuclear models, properties of nuclear decays and nuclear reactions will be discussed in brief, but in a self-consistent manner. The second part will discuss the basics of particle physics. In this part, the fundamental forces and the dynamics of elementary particles under these forces will be considered. After introducing relativistic quantum mechanics, relativistic formulation of Maxwell’s Equations and quantum electrodynamics will be discussed. This will be developed into the weak and strong nuclear forces based on the principle of gauge symmetry. The course will also introduce the physical principles of particle accelerators and detectors, including a very brief picture of the modern day complex detectors.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Poulose Poulose

Prof. Poulose Poulose is affiliated to the Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati since 2004. He is currently a Professor of Physics at IITG, and the Head of the Department of Physics. He completed his Ph.D. in Particle Physics Phenomenology from the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad ion 1997 before spending his time as postdoctoral fellow at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (1997-1999), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (1999-2001), RWTH-Aachen, Germany (2001-2002). Professor Poulose has about 25 years of research experience including his PhD years with about 32 publications in international research journals, and has teaching experience of about 12 years teaching at the UG and PG courses at IIT Guwahati. He has taught a wide range of topics including Classical and Quantum Mechanics, Electrodynamics, Nuclear and Particle Physics, High Energy Physics, and Quantum Field Theory. He has taught the course of Nuclear and Particle Physics to the M.Sc. students of IIT Guwahati multiple times, and has also developed and delivered a course with the same title on the NPTEL (phase 2) platform. The Swayam-MOOCS course on Nuclear and Particle Physics intended to the Masters students is based on this NPTEL course.

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 Course Duration : Jul-Oct 2021

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 Syllabus

 Enrollment : 20-May-2021 to 02-Aug-2021

 Exam registration : 17-Jun-2021 to 17-Sep-2021

 Exam Date : 24-Oct-2021

Enrolled

2142

Registered

122

Certificate Eligible

72

Certified Category Count

Gold

1

Silver

16

Elite

31

Successfully completed

24

Participation

29

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold





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AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 7 out of 10 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score Note:We have taken best assignment score from both July 2020 and July 2021 courses
Nuclear and Particle Physics - Toppers list

MUTHUSELVAN M 92%

BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY

SANSKRITI SARKAR 88%

RAJIV GANDHI INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY

RASHI SHARMA 86%

MARIAMMAL R N 84%

Alagappa Chettiar Government College of Engineering and Technology

AAYUSHI JAIN 81%

Self Employed

ABHINAV CHOUDHURY 81%

MHA, Government of India

JAYKUMAR DIPAKBHAI PATEL 81%

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 2142

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 122

Assignment Statistics




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Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.