Introduction to elementary particle physics II 1101-4FJ21
The lecture covers:
Electromagnetic interactions of elementary particles, gauge transformation and minimal substitution in relativistic quantum mechanics, Feynman diagrams for QED, Mott scattering;
Elastic, inelastic, and deep inelastic scattering, form factors, structure functions, the parton model, selected DIS results;
QCD and flavor symmetry, color, the quark–gluon vertex, color factors, Feynman diagrams for QCD;
Running coupling constants in QED and QCD, renormalization, jet production, the Drell–Yan process;
Currents in QED and QCD and parity, weak interactions — Fermi theory, the V–A theory of Gell-Mann and Feynman, chirality and helicity, the theory with massive intermediate bosons W and Z;
Weak neutral and charged currents, muon and pion decay, lepton universality;
Neutrino DIS;
CP violation in weak interactions, the Cabibbo angle, the GIM mechanism, the Kobayashi–Maskawa (CKM) matrix and CP violation in weak interactions, extended CP violation in the B-meson system, rare B decays;
Electroweak interactions — unification of electromagnetic and weak interactions;
The Standard Model Lagrangian, spontaneous breaking of gauge symmetry — the Higgs mechanism, the Higgs boson and its discovery by ATLAS and CMS;
Studies of the Higgs boson’s properties;
Neutrino physics: sources of neutrinos, the solar neutrino deficit, the Homestake, SNO, and (Super)Kamiokande experiments;
Neutrino oscillations and the PMNS matrix, reactor experiments;
Searches for phenomena beyond the Standard Model.
Main fields of studies for MISMaP
Mode
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
The student will:
- be able to use the terminology employed in particle physics with great proficiency,
- master the methods of describing particles and their interactions in the language of quarks and leptons,
- become familiar in greater detail with a selected current research topic in particle physics.
Assessment criteria
homework assignments and an oral exam
Bibliography
• D. H. Perkins, „Wstęp do Fizyki Wysokich Energii” (wyd 4.)
• A. Bettini, „Intorduction to Elementary PArticle Physics"
• M. Thomson, „Modern Particle Physics”
• D. Griffiths, „Introduction to Elementary Particles” (wyd 2.)
• The Review of Particle Physics:
S. Navas et al. (Particle Data Group), Phys. Rev. D 110, 030001 (2024)
+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”
Additional information
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