PHENOMENOLOGY OF ELECTROWEAK INTERACTIONS
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2016/2017
- Teacher
- MASSIMILIANO FIORINI
- Credits
- 6
- Didactic period
- Secondo Semestre
- SSD
- FIS/04
Training objectives
- Advanced course in Elementary Particle Physics. The course will present topics in the Standard Model of electroweak interactions currently at the frontier
of experimental and theoretical research.
A practical introduction to the calculation of
many quantities of physical interest in particle physics.
The student should acquire the capability to follow
seminars, conference reports and articles on particle physics and weak interactions. Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of Elementary Particle Physics.
The knowledge of basic quantum mechanics (at the level provided by the Sakurai or Dirac textbooks), and a familiarity with elementary particle physics (at the level provided by the Perkins textbook). Course programme
- The Standard Model of electroweak interactions.
Discovery of neutral weak currents and vector bosons.
Precision tests of the electroweak theory.
Search of the Standard Model Higgs boson.
Flavour oscillations and CP violation in neutral K, D and B mesons.
The experimental determination of the flavour parameters of the standard model.
Rare K and B decays and search for physics beyond the Standard Model.
Neutrino masses and mixing. Didactic methods
- Lectures and exercise classes.
Learning assessment procedures
- The examination consists in an oral test: topics described in the course will be discussed, to verify the ability of linking the different topics described during the lectures.
Reference texts
- Lecture notes. Articles from scientific reviews.
On electroweak theory: selected chapters from
Halzen and Martin, Quarks and Leptons, J. Wiley
On experimental measurements: selected chapters from
Cahn and Goldhaber, "The Experimental Foundations of Particle Physics", 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press
A. Bettini, "Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics", Cambridge University Press
