The Advanced Undergraduate Nuclear and Atomic Laboratory at the University of North Texas

The UNT Department of Physics periodically offers an upper level elective undergraduate laboratory course covering a variety of topics related to nuclear and atomic physics. Topics range from gamma, x-ray, and alpha-particle spectroscopy to Rutherford scattering and nuclear reactions. A lecture component complements the laboratory exercises by addressing pertinent theoretical material. For the laboratory exercises, students utilize facilities in the Ion Beam Modification and Analysis Laboratory, including a 2.5 MV Van de Graaff accelerator, and an array of detectors and radioactive sources. A separate program offers groups of undergraduate students from other institutions the opportunity to conduct some of these same exercises during two-day visits to campus.