Introduction to elementary particle physics I 1101-4FJ11
The first part of the lecture will consist of three thematic blocks: general properties of elementary particles and detector physics; symmetries in particle physics; introduction to interactions:
• Historical introduction: pions, muons, neutrinos, strange particles, the Eightfold Way, the quark model, the October revolution, c i b, intermediate bosons, t, H;
• Interactions and their description; elements of Feynman diagrams;
• Interactions of particles with matter; types of detectors; how to build a detector; examples of experimental setups;
• Selected aspects of special relativity: four-vectors, lifetime, cross section, unit system ħ = c = 1; particle formation and production experiments; selected processes – an overview of selected experimental data;
• Selected information about accelerators, beam optics, luminosity;
• Symmetries and groups: orbital angular momentum, spin, total angular momentum, isospin and isospin symmetry; consequences of isospin conservation in strong interactions, construction of meson and baryon multiplets with L = 0;
• C, P, T symmetries; strangeness oscillations; CP symmetry and its violation in the K system – phenomenological description;
• CP in the B-meson system, the unitarity triangle, the Belle, BaBar, and LHCb experiments, experimental measurements of T violation (CPLEAR, BaBar), summary of conservation laws, CPT
• Klein–Gordon and Dirac equations, solutions of the Dirac equation, spin in the Dirac equation, chirality
• Feynman diagrams for QED, cross section for e⁺e⁻ → μ⁺μ⁻
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
After listening to and understanding the lecture, the student will:
Be able to use the terminology applied in particle physics fluently,
Master the basic methods of describing particles and their interactions in the language of quarks and leptons,
Acquire an understanding of the measurement methods used in particle physics,
Become familiar in more detail with a selected current research topic in particle physics.
Assessment criteria
Metody i kryteria oceniania
Obecność i aktywność na wykładzie, problemy domowe do pisemnego rozwiązania, egzamin ustny
Practical placement
Praktyki zawodowe
Nie są przewidziane
Bibliography
Podstawowa literatura
D. H. Perkins, „Wstęp do Fizyki Wysokich Energii”
A. Bettini, „Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics”
M. Thomson, „Modern Particle Physics” (istnieje wydanie polskie)
D. Griffiths, „Introduction to Elementary Particles” (wyd 2.)
• The Review of Particle Physics (2024):
S. Navas et al. (Particle Data Group) Phys. Rev. D 110, 030001 (2024)
+https://pdg.lbl.gov/
+booklet, np. mobilny ze sklepu Play: PDG Particle Physics Booklet
rozszerzenie teoretyczne:
• Ian Aitchison, A. Hey, „Gauge Theories in Particle Physics”
• P. Paganini, „Fundamentals of Particle Physics”
• A. Rubbia, „Phenomenology od Particle Physics”
Prace oryginalne i artykuły przeglądowe będą podawane na wykładzie
Additional information
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