– Basic concepts of elementary particle physics
– Nuclear constituents: protons and neutrons
– Nuclear decays, exponential decay law, radioactivity, scattering, interaction cross section
– Nuclear dimensions, nuclear masses, binding energy, nuclear reactions
– Deuteron, potential well and Fermi energy, shell model and nuclear quantum numbers
– α-decay – tunneling phenomenon – Geiger–Nuttall law
– β-decay – electron capture – continuous β spectrum – neutrino – selection rules in β-decay – parity – Wu experiment
– γ-decay – recoil energy – selection rules in γ-decay – internal conversion electrons – nuclear resonance – Mössbauer effect
– Fission and fusion – basic concepts of nuclear reactors
– Elementary particles: quarks and leptons – quantum numbers and conservation laws
– Elementary particles: fundamental interactions in nature – Feynman diagrams – coupling constants, lifetimes, and cross sections