FYS-KJM5920 ¨C Nuclear measurement techniques and instruments

Course description

• Course content
• Learning outcome
• Admission
• Prerequisites

• Overlapping courses
• Teaching
• Examination
• Evaluation

Course content

The course gives a description of nuclear spectroscopic techniques and methods. Interaction between radiation and matter, modern detectors (ionising detectors, scintillator systems, semiconductor detectors) and how they are used in experiments, accelerator physics, advanced techniques for data analysis, signal control, coincidences and multi-detector systems.

Learning outcome

The objective of the course is to give students an introduction to modern experimental techniques for nuclear methods and instrumentation. The course will include statistics/simulations, detectors and accelerator physics, with an emphasis on detector systems. The course also gives an introduction to the general phenomena, which occur when radiation reacts with matter. This will give the students a solid background for research and development projects within instrumentation.

Admission

Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.

Prerequisites

Recommended previous knowledge

FYS3520 ¨C Nuclear physics, structure and spectroscopy (discontinued) or similar course.

Overlapping courses

• 5 credits overlap with FYS4505 ¨C Methods and Instrumentation for Nuclear and Particle Physics
• 5 credits overlap with FYS9505 ¨C Methods and Instrumentation for Nuclear and Particle Physics

10 credits with FYS-KJM9920 ¨C Nuclear measurement techniques and instruments (discontinued)

Teaching

The course extends over a full semester with 4 hours of teaching (lectures and colloquia) per week.

Examination

Final oral exam (100%). The Laboratory reports must evaluated as passed in order to take the final exam.

Language of examination

You may submit your response in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English. If you would prefer to have the exam text in English, you may apply to the course administrators.

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.

Explanations and appeals

• Explanation of grades and appeals

Resit an examination

This course offers both postponed and resit of examination. Read more:

• Illness at exams / postponed exams
• Withdrawal during an examination / Resitting an examination

Special examination arrangements

Application form, deadline and requirements for special examination arrangements.

Evaluation

Feedback from our students is essential to us in our efforts to ensure and further improve the high quality of our programmes and courses. As a student at the University of Oslo you will therefore be asked to participate in various types of evaluation of our courses, facilities and services. All courses are subject to continuous evaluation. At regular intervals we also ask students on a particular course to participate in a more comprehensive, in-depth evaluation of this course, a so called "periodic evaluation".