FYS241A Nuclear physics
Credits (ECTS):5
Course responsible:Cecilia Marie Futsæther
Campus / Online:Taught campus Ås
Teaching language:Norsk
Course frequency:Annually
Nominal workload:In total 125 hours distributed over lectures, problem solving classes, mandatory activities and self-study.
Teaching and exam period:This course starts and ends in the spring parallell. This course has teaching/evaluation in the spring parallell.
About this course
Learning outcome
Obtain comprehensive understanding of ionising radiation.
- Understand how radiation is produced, measured and interacts with matter. Key topics are radioactive decay processes, interaction mechanisms, biological, health and environmental effects of ionising radiation, nuclear fission and fusion, reactor physics, commercial nuclear reactors. The relationship between dose terms, radiation dose calculations and the evaluation of these in relation to international recommendations on radiation protection should be well understood.
- The student should be able to evaluate risks associated with environmental problems, for both the individual and society.
Lectures spring parallell: On average two hours each week. Problem solving classes: On average two hours of problem-solving, going through problems and colloquia each week.
Lectures that cover key topics and theories in selected areas of nuclear physics. In the problem solving classes, the student will solve problems on topics covered in the lectures. Selected exercises and topics will be discussed.
Mandatory activities will focus on project writing.
- Web page with course information. The students will be able to make appointments with the lecturers to discuss the course material.
FYS101, FYS102 , FYS245 (can be taken in parallel)
MATH111, MATH112, MATH113
- Written examination (2.0 hours).
- The external and internal examiner jointly prepare the exam questions and the assessment guidelines. The external examiner reviews the internal examiner's examination results by correcting a random sample of candidate's exams as a calibration according to the faculty's guidelines for examination assessment.
- Mandatory activities. Details will be given at the beginning of the course.
Lectures: 26 hours. Problem solving classes: 26 hours. Project presentations: 2 hours
Note that the lectures and problem solving classes will be held together with FYS241 . FYS241A has organised teaching for 6.5 weeks (half of FYS241) together with FYS241.
- Full overlap between FYS241A and FYS241. FYS241A is a 5 credit subset of FYS241.
- Special requirements in Science