Examination procedure
Oral exam
Prerequisites
The course is aimed at last-year master students.
Required: Quantum Field Theory (Fisica Teorica) 1
Suggested: Quantum Field Theory (Fisica Teorica) 2, Quantum Chromodynamics, Effective Field Theories
Syllabus
Introduction to the SM as an effective field theory
Electroweak Symmetry Breaking
Electroweak and Higgs Precision Tests
Flavour in the SM and beyond
Perturbative QCD
Beyond the Standard Model
Bibliographical references
Barbieri, Ten Lectures on the Electroweak Interactions
Grossman and Nir, The Standard Model: from fundamental symmetries to experimental tests
Donoghue, Golowich and Holstein, Dynamics of the Standard Model
Schwartz, Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model
Weinberg, The Quantum Theory of Fields, vol. I and II