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| FIZ7191 | Angular Momentum and Rotation Group | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of PHYSICS | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakan YILMAZ | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Belgin Küçükömeroğlu | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To give students with background from angular momentum physics a understanding of general nuclear physics methods and problems. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | understand angular momentum in details. | 2,8 | 1,3,6, | | PO - 2 : | interpret angular momentum applications. | 1,8 | 1,3,6, | | PO - 3 : | gain the main framework of angular momentum for the further studies. | 1,8 | 1,3,6, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Symmetry properties and conservation laws. Rotation group representations. Spherical harmonicsAngular momentum operators, eigenfunctions and eigenvalues. . Couplings of angular momentum . Tensors and its operatorsWigner-Eckart theorem and selection rules. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | symmetry, group and rotation groub concepts | | | Week 2 | eigenvalue and eigenvectors of angular momentum | | | Week 3 | spherical harmonics | | | Week 4 | Clebsch-Gordon coefficients
| | | Week 5 | 3-and 4 angular momentum coupling | | | Week 6 | continue | | | Week 7 | first exam | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | continue | | | Week 10 | continue | | | Week 11 | Tensors | | | Week 12 | second exam | | | Week 13 | continuing tensors | | | Week 14 | Wigner-Eckart Theorem | | | Week 15 | continue | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Yılmaz A.H., Lecture Notes | | | |
| 1 | Devanathan V.,2002;Angular Momentum Techniques in Quantum Mechanics,Kluver,New York | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 7 | 21/04/2022 | 2 | 30 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 12 | 26/05/2022 | 2 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 17 | 09/06/2022 | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 16 | 1 | 16 | | Arasınav | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Ödev | 15 | 5 | 75 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 20 | 1 | 20 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Diğer 1 | 16 | 1 | 16 | | Total work load | | | 217 |
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