Teaching methods
- 30 hrs lecture
- 30 hrs problem session
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Pre-requisites
Bachelor courses 'Kwantum Mechanica 2' and ’Structuur der Materie’
'Inl. Subatomaire Fysica' or ’Kwantum Mechanica’ 3 are a bonus.
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Objectives
- The student will be able to describe the production and detection methods of elementary particles
- The student will be able to name the elementary particles, their properties and describe the history of their discovery
- The student will be able to apply Feynman diagrams to fundamental processes and calculate their cross-sections or decay rates
- The student will be able to apply symmetries and conservation laws
- The student will be able to describe the Standard Model
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Contents
Introduction to the elements of the Standard Model of elementary particle physics
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Subjects
- Introduction to the production and detection of elementary particles
- Historical introduction to the elementary particles: featuring leptons, quarks and gauge bosons
- Feynman diagrams: fundamental interactions in pictures
- Symmetries and conservation laws
- The Standard Model of Elementary Particle Physics
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Examination
Take home assignment
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Literature
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David Griffiths, Introduction to Elementary Particles, John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2008 (new edition), ISBN: 978-3-527-40601-2
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