PROGRAMME

The lectures will be of 1hr 15 min duration with two lectures each in the morning and
afternoon sessions. There would be ample breaks between lectures. The aim is to
maximize the interaction between the participants and the speakers.

FOUNDATION SCHOOL (1​ST​ WEEK)

FOUNDATIONS OF NUCLEAR MODELS

S.K. PATRA, P.C. SRIVASTAVA, PRINCE GANAI

LECTURES
1) Fermi gas model, links between equation of state and finite nuclei and astrophysics. 
2) Basics of shell model 
3) Effective interaction: Simple estimates, Evaluation of matrix elements in ​sd​ shell. 
4) Quantum hadrodynamics: I & II 
5) Relativistic Hartree calculations within QHD II 
6) Relativistic Thomas-Fermi description of giant resonances 

COMPUTER SESSIONS
1) Nilsson model 
2) EoS from QHD I & II 
 
TIME DEPENDENT HARTREE FOCK

J.A. MARUHN
1) Derivation of the mean field and density functional theories. 
2) Skyrme and Gogny forces. 
3) TDHF and its properties. 
4) Nuclear excitations in TDHF. 
 

SEMICLASSICAL METHODS AND NONLINEAR NUCLEAR DYNAMICS

ASHOK K. JAIN (LECTURES)

1) Trace formulae: philosophy to applications 
2) "Hot" trace formulae: application to shell effects in nuclei 
3) Classical  nonlinear  resonances  to  nonlinear  analogues  of  rotational  and  vibrational 
bands 

HARJEET KAUR (TUTORIALS)

1) Harmonic oscillator trace formula (Brack-Jain) derivation 
 2) Calculations of damping of shell effects in spherical nuclei with excitation energy 
3) Recap of classical mechanics 
COVARIANT DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY AND ROTATING NUCLEI

ANATOLI AFANASJEV

LECTURES:
1) Covariant density functional theory: a basis 
2) Ground  state  properties:  testing  a  nuclear  landscape  from  known  to neutron-rich and 
superheavy nuclei 
3) Single-particle degrees of freedom: at and beyond mean field level 
4) Rotation: from ground states to the extremes of high spin and deformation 
5) Rotation: beyond one-dimensional cranking approximation 
6) Microscopic description of fission 

COMPUTER SESSION
Spherical and axially deformed relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov codes  
 
ADVANCED SCHOOL (2​ND​ WEEK)
SHELL MODEL AND PAIRING SYMMETRIES

V.K.B. KOTA
LECTURES:
1) Shell Model: Basics 
2) Identical particle pairing in a single j-shell: seniority SU(2)symmetry 
3) Proton-neutron pairing in a single j-shell: SO(5) symmetry 
4) Isoscalar plus isovector pairing in L-S coupling: SO(8) symmetry 
5) Shell model for nuclei near proton drip line 

TUTORIALS:
1) Basics of U(N) and SO(N) algebras: Generators and Casimir operators 
2) Basics of U(N) and SO(N) algebras: representations/quantum numbers 
3) From shell model SO(8) to IBM-ST model 
 
DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY FOR EXCITED NUCLEI

JAVID SHEIKH
1) Tamm-Dancoff Approximation 
2) Equation of Motion Approach 
3) Random Phase Approximation - I 
 4) Random Phase Approximation - II 
5) Finite Amplitude Method - I 
6) Finite Amplitude Method - II 
7) Finite Amplitude Method - III (Some Applications) 
8) Applications to ​β​ and double ​β​ decay  

SCHEDULE – (1​ST​ WEEK)

09:15 – 10:15 10:45 – 12:00 12:00 – 13:15 14:30 – 15:45 15:45
Feb. Introduction L
JA Maruhn
23 (​AK Jain)​ T SK Patra AK Jain U SK
(Webinar)
(Mon) Inauguration E N
A C
Feb. H
AK Jain/ AK
24 AK Jain SK Patra SK Patra
H Kaur H
(Tue)

9:30 – 10:45 11:15 – 12:30 14:00 – 15:15 15:15 – 16:30

Feb. 25 JA Maruhn
SK Patra AK Jain A Afanasjev
(Wed) (Webinar) T
L
Feb. 26 T U AK Jain/ E
A Afanasjev SK Patra A Afanasjev A
(Thu) E N H Kaur
A C
Feb. 27 H JA Maruhn
A Afanasjev PC Srivastava A Afanasjev
(Fri) (Webinar)
Feb. 28
A Afanasjev PC Srivastava
(Sat)

The afternoon sessions will be mostly tutorial oriented. The slot from 17:00 Hrs 
will be utilized for computer sessions which will be held at the computer lab of 
the Physics department. 

SCHEDULE – (2​ND​ WEEK)

1 1 16
9:30 – 10:45 11:15 – 12:30 14:00 – 15:15 15:15 – 16:30
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VKB Kota JA Sheikh VKB Kota JA Sheikh
(Mon) 4 3 17
5 0 :0
March 3 - - 0
VKB Kota JA Sheikh VKB Kota JA Sheikh
(Tue) 1 1 T
March 4 1 4 E
VKB Kota : JA Sheikh : VKB Kota JA Sheikh A
(Wed)
1 0
5 0
T L
March 5 E U
VKB Kota JA Sheikh VKB Kota JA Sheikh
(Thu) A N
C
H
 

Lecture notes and other materials can be accessed from IITR intranet: 
http://192.168.117.224/~cnt/serc15 

   
 LIST OF FACULTY 
Sl Name Affiliation Email
.
1 Prof. Anatoli Afanasjev  Mississippi State Univ.  afansjev@ccs.msstate.edu 
2 Dr. Prince Ganai  NIT Srinagar  princeganai@nitsri.net 
3 Prof. Ashok K Jain  IIT Roorkee  ajainfph@iitr.ac.in 
4 Ms. Harjeet Kaur  GND Univ., Amritsar  harjeet_kaur17@yahoo.com 
5 Prof. V.K.B. Kota  PRL, Ahmedabad  vkbkota@prl.res.in  
6 Prof. Suresh K Patra  IOP Bhubaneswar  patra@iopb.res.in 
7 Prof. Javid Sheikh  Univ. of Kashmir  sjaphysics@gmail.com 
8 Dr. Praveen C Srivastava  IIT Roorkee  chandrapraveen1@gmail.com 
 
 
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
 
Sl Name Affiliation Email
.
1  Mr Rhine Kumar A.K.  IIT Roorkee  rhinekumar@gmail.com 
2  Mr Suhail Ahmad Dar  Aligarh Muslim  darsuhailrby@gmail.com 
Univ. 
3  Mr Naosad Alam  Saha Institute of  naosadphy@gmail.com 
Nuclear Physics 
4  Mr Raja Nisar Ali  University of Kashmir  rjnisar141@gmail.com 
5  Ms Nitu Ashok  University of Calicut,  nithu.ashok@gmail.com 
Kerala 
6  Mr Amit Badola  DIT Univ., Dehradun  amitbadola555@gmail.com 
7  Mr Subrat Biswal  IOP, Bhubaneswar  sbiswal@iopb.res.in 
8  Ms Dipti Charaborti  Rajabazar Science  diptichakraborty2011@gmail.com 
College, Kolkata 
9  Mr Atual Choudhary  Central University of  choudharyatul786@gmail.com 
Himachal Pradesh  
10  Mr Whaid Dar  University of Kashmir  waheedphy@gmail.com 
11  Ms Monalisha Dhibar  IIT Roorkee  physics.monalisha3@gmail.com 
12  Ms Saumi Dutta  University of Calcutta  saumidutta89@gmail.com 
13  Ms Anuradha Gupta  University of Jammu  annu1gupta1@gmail.com 
14  Ms Dhivya Saranya J  MS Univ., Tirunelveli  dhivyabose89@gmail.com 
15  Mr Sheikh Jehangir  NIT Srinagar  jehangir_21phd11@nitsri.net 
16  Ms Deepthy Maria  University of Calicut,  deepthy13@gmail.com 
Joseph  Kerala 
17  Mr Afaque Karim  Aligarh Muslim  afaquekrm@gmail.com 
Univ.  
18  Mr Amit Kumar  University of Jammu  akbcw2@gmail.com 
19  Mr Deepak Kumar  IIT Roorkee  deepak975757@yahoo.in 
20  Mr Nishant Kumar  BARC, Mumbai  nishantk@barc.gov.in 
21  Mr Vikas Kumar  IIT Roorkee  vikasratm@ymail.com, 
22  Ms Parveen Kumari  NIT Jalandhar  parveen.phy.12@nitj.ac.in 
23  Mr Senthil Kannan  Bharathiar  senthilthulasiram@gmail.com 
M.T.  University, 
Coimbatore 
24  Ms Bhoomika  IIT Roorkee  bhoomika.physics@gmail.com 
Maheshwari 
25  Ms Suman Mittal  Chitkara University  mittal0322@gmail.com 
26  Ms Swati Modi  IIT Roorkee  swatimodi2@gmail.com 
27  Mr Chiranjib Mondal  Saha Institute of  chiru.rkm@gmail.com 
Nuclear Physics 
28  Ms Neelam Rajput  University of Delhi  du.neelam@gmail.com 
29  Ms Monisha Rathinam  Bharathiar  monisharathinam@gmail.com 
University, 
Coimbatore 
30  Ms Sheetal Rawat  IIT Roorkee  sheetalrwt07@gmail.com 
31  Ms Prasanna Kumari S  MS Univ., Tirunelveli  prasanavasan88@gmail.com 
32  Ms Archana Saxena  IIT Roorkee  archanasaxena777@gmail.com 
33  Ms Mariyah Siddiqah  Aligarh Muslim  shah.siddiqah@gmail.com 
Univ.  
34  Mr Gagandeep Singh  IIT Roorkee  Gags02@gmail.com 
35  Mr Shailesh Kumar  IOP, Bhubaneswar  shailesh@iopb.res.in 
Singh 
36  Ms Yash Kaur Singh  Babasaheb B. A.  yashkaur87@gmail.com 
University, Lucknow 
37  Mr Barun Slathia  University of Jammu  varunslathia99@gmail.com 
38  Ms Suman Thakur  H.P. University,  sumanthakur88@gmail.com 
Shimla 
39  Ms Uma V S  Amity University,  umakilimanoor@gmail.com  
Noida 
40  Ms Manju  IIT Roorkee  manjuy904@gmail.com 
41  Ms Pragati  IIT Roorkee  pragati.popli88@gmail.com 
42  Dr Shubhchintak  IIT Roorkee  khajuria1986@gmail.com 
43  Ms Swati  IIT Roorkee  swat90.garg@gmail.com 
   
 CONTACT
P. Arumugam (Director of the School)
P.C. Srivastava (Co-director)
Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247667

Email: nuclphy.iitr@gmail.com

Tel: +91 1332 285712, 5598

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 PLANNING COMMITTEE
 
Prof. A.K. Jain (IITR), Chairman 
Prof. R. Shyam (SINP) 
Dr. D.K. Srivastava (VECC) 
Dr. Ajit Sinha (UGC-DAE-CSR) 
Prof. Raghav Varma (IITB) 
Prof. N.M. Badiger (Karnatak Univ., Dharwad) 
Dr. Amitava Roy (SERB & DST)