Advanced Particle Physics
Syllabus, Master's level, 1FA355
- Code
- 1FA355
- Education cycle
- Second cycle
- Main field(s) of study and in-depth level
- Physics A1F
- Grading system
- Pass with distinction, Pass with credit, Pass, Fail
- Finalised by
- The Faculty Board of Science and Technology, 24 April 2012
- Responsible department
- Department of Physics and Astronomy
Entry requirements
120 credits including Particle Physics and Advanced Quantum Mechanics
Learning outcomes
After passed course the student should be able to
- account for the Standard Model of particle physics and its experimental verification
- account for the limitations of the Standard Model and need for going beyond it with major ideas on new physics and how one may search for it experimentally
- analyse particle physics processes based on the Standard Model and Feynman diagrams
- account for the major types of particle physics experiments and their main detectors
- account for connections to astrophysics and cosmology
Content
- Experimental and theoretical aspects of modern particle physics in terms of fundamental matter particles (quarks and leptons) and force quanta (photon, W±, Z0, gluons).
- The gauge theory of electroweak and strong interactions, i.e. the Standard Model.
- Use of Feynman diagrams to understand basic processes and calculate cross-sections (by hand or using computer methods).
- Experimental state-of-the-art techniques used in today’s experiments.
- Experimental verification of the Standard Model and its particle content.
- Discoveries of new phenomena (e.g. CP violation and neutrino oscillations) and searches for new physics related to unsolved problems and limitations of the Standard Model.
- Introduction to Supersymmetry and other theories beyond the Standard Model.
- Prospects for discoveries of new phenomena, e.g. in LHC-experiments at CERN.
- Introduction to particle astrophysics with connections to cosmology.
Instruction
Lectures, exercises for problem solving, seminars.
Assessment
Seminars (3 c), hand-in exercises (2 c) and final examination (5 c).