Hands-on nuclear Physics

• Autores: Jeff Whittaker
• Localización: The Physics Teacher, ISSN 0031-921X, Vol. 51, Nº. 3, 2013, pág. 166
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Nuclear science is an important topic in terms of its application to power generation, medical diagnostics and treatment, and national defense. Unfortunately, the subatomic domain is far removed from daily experience, and few learning aids are available to teachers. What follows describes a low-tech, hands-on method to teach important concepts in nuclear physics, including the quark model, anti-matter, nuclear binding energy, stability, the nuclear shell model, and the importance of symmetry, by making use of neodymium disc magnets.