Examination procedure
<p>Seminar-like report</p>
Examination procedure notes
<p>Short seminar-like presentation on a topic (e.g. a scientific paper) linked to the course, to be selected and agreed upon with the teacher. </p>
Prerequisites
prerequisite: undergraduate classical Mechanics and
Electromagnetism, some elements of Quantum
Mechanics.
Suggested audience: Third year Physics students
Syllabus
- Historical and general Standard Model introduction
- Particle classification and fundamental interaction classification. Relativistic kinematics (reminders), fundamental interactions and Feynman diagrams.
- Particle detection methods, general principles. Particle beams, acelerator luminosity, cross-sections.
- Symmetries and conservation laws.
- Weak interactions and parity violation. CP violation.
- Significant electroweak measurements at the Z pole at LEP (ALEPH experiment)
- Significant measurements at hadron colliders (discoveries of W, top, Higgs). Proton structure and PDFs
Bibliographical references
D. Perkins: Introduction to High Energy Physics,
Cambridge University Press
David Griffiths: Introduction to Elementary Particles,
Wiley-VCH
M. Thomson, “Modern Particle Physics”, Cambridge University Press