FY526: Introduction to particle physics (5 ECTS)

STADS: 07008701

Level
Bachelor course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the autumn semester.

Teacher responsible
Email: ryttov@cp3.dias.sdu.dk

Timetable
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Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
FY521 and FY522: Introductory quantum mechanics I and II must have been followed.

Course introduction
Introductory to elementary particle physics. From the uncovering of the atom to the discovery of the Higgs particle.

Qualifications
At the end of the course the student will have a firm foundation in modern particle physics and phenomenology.

Expected learning outcome
At the end of the course the student is expected to know

1) The historical perspectives. From Thomson and Rutherford to Higgs
2) The electromagnetic and weak interactions including their electroweak unification
3) The strong interaction
4) Quarks and leptons
5) The Higgs sector
6) Symmetries
7) Cross sections and lifetimes

Subject overview
1) Relativistic kinematics
2) Symmetries. Both continuous and discrete
3) The eightfold way
4) Bound states
5) Group theory. The fundamental and higher dimensional representations.
6) The Dirac equation
7) Feynman rules

Literature
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Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None

Assessment and marking:

1. Oral examination. Evaluated by internal censorship by the danish 7-mark scale (5 ECTS). (07008702)

Date of exam
The ordinary exam takes place on November 3, 2014
The re-examination takes place on February 24, 2015

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.
Intro phase: 18 hours
Skills training phase: 24 hours, hereof:
 - Tutorials: 24 hours

Educational activities

Language
This course is taught in English.

Course enrollment
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