NE410/510 - Lecture 3: The Physics of Nuclear Fission

[@dennylane2010]

Great video series! Is there a textbook that you can recommend? I am interested in the basic ideas and an ample number of exercises to work on. By the way, in physics we have a different meaning for inner product. Your definition is more of an expectation value of something. 😊

[@NuclearEngineeringLectures]

I use Duderstadt and Hamilton for my reactor physics class and would recommend it. You can find it for free through the University of Michigan at: deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/89079/1976_Nuclear_Reactor_Analysis.pdf

[@dennylane2010]

@@NuclearEngineeringLectures Many thanks!

[@fieryweasel]

At roughly 16:00 when you're writing the comparison of energy released by nuclear versus combustion it looks like you have a horizontal bar through the 'V' in 'MeV'; is that just so it's not mistaken for the Greek letter nu?

[@NuclearEngineeringLectures]

I prefer crossing my V's to distinguish them from my v's. I find that my handwriting makes them look similar. I also cross my 7's to distinguish them from my 2's!

[@fieryweasel]

@@NuclearEngineeringLectures I do the same thing with my sevens, as well as my lower case zs. Thanks for the videos!

[@AysArora]

The first rule of particle physics is : Don't talk about particle physics 😂😂 oh man!!

[@NuclearEngineeringLectures]

"I look around, I see a lot of new Nuclear Engineering KZbin videos here, which means a lot of you have been breaking Rule #1."