What Sakurai Topic Best Connects Quantum Mechanics to Nuclear Physics?

[eXorikos]

In our course covering some parts of Sakurai's Modern Quantum Mechanics we have a special exam. We must present a topic from the book not covered in class to our professor in half an hour. I'm not that familiar with the book yet, because I've had many project due this semester. So I'm uneasy about choosing a certain topic. I'm a nuclear physics student and I'd like to choose something useful for my further career. This is a list of what we covered:
1
2.1
3.1, 3.2, 3.3 (extra material on topology of SO(3) and exp map), 3.5, 3.7, 3.10,
7.1, 7.2, 7.6

At first glance I might choose a topic from scattering theory like Resonance scattering.

Do you have any clue of what topic might be most interesting for nuclear physics?

 

[R.Mesri]

One possible topic for nuclear physics could be the scattering of low energy nucleons, which is covered in Section 7.3 of Sakurai's Modern Quantum Mechanics. This topic could involve discussing the use of the scattering theory techniques such as the Born approximation and partial wave analysis to calculate scattering amplitudes for low energy nucleon-nucleon interactions. The topics of optical potentials, dispersion relations, and the Glauber model could also be discussed. Additionally, the topics of nuclear structure and phenomenology such as the shell model and RPA could be introduced.