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Standard Model of Particle Physics
Exam
Please download the exam here: exam sheet
- You have one week to work on the problems.
- Once you have completed the exam, you hand in your solution to your tutor by email in a single PDF file. A scan or pictures of your handwritten solutions is fine.
- The deadline for submitting your solution is Friday, July 31 at midnight.
To pass the exam you need to collect at least 60% of the total number of available points. For a passed exam you will receive 8 ECTS points.
You need to take the exam by yourself without the help of any other person. Please confirm this by signing the corresponding statement on the exam sheet. Otherwise the exam is invalid.
You may use any resources you can find, including your lecture notes, books, and the internet.
The results of the exam will become available in September. We will notify you by email.
Once the results are available, you can review your exam by contacting your tutor if you wish to do this.
In case you fail the exam, we will offer you an oral exam as a second chance. Attending the written exam is mandatory to be eligible to take the oral exam. Should you be ill during the week of the written exam, you need to bring a medical exam from your doctor in order to be eligible for the oral exam.
In case you encounter technical problems, please contact us by email.
All lectures and tutorials take place online.
Please read the text below for important information.
For general information about studying at Heidelberg University during the COVID-19 pandemic please refer to:
Schedule
April 20 L01 (E): Introduction and key experiments
April 22 L02 (E): Relativistic kinematics and phase space
April 27 L03 (T): From the Lagrangian to observables
April 29 L04 (T): Bosons and fermions
May 04 L05 (T): Abelian gauge theory and quantum electrodynamics
May 06 L06 (E): Tests of quantum electrodynamics (1)
May 11 L07 (E): Tests of quantum electrodynamics (2)
May 13 L08 (T): Symmetries
May 18 L09 (E): Tests of discrete symmetries
May 20 L10 (T): Non-abelian gauge theory and weak interactions
May 25 no lecture
May 27 L11 (T): Electroweak symmetry breaking
June 01 public holiday - no lecture
June 03 L13 (E): Electroweak precision tests (1)
June 08 L14 (E): Electroweak precision tests (2)
June 10 L12 (T): Electroweak physics at high energies
June 15 L15 (T): Higgs production at the Large Hadron Collider
June 17 L16 (E): Higgs phenomenology (1) (Video)
June 19 L17 (E): Higgs phenomenology (2) (Video)
June 22 L18 (T): Quark flavor physics
June 24 L19 (E): Tests of flavor mixing and CP violation
June 29 L20 (T): Lepton flavor physics
July 01 L21 (E): Neutrinos and lepton flavor violation
July 06 L22 (T): Quantum chromodynamics (1)
July 08 L23 (T): Quantum chromodynamics (2)
July 13 L24 (T): Quantum chromodynamics (3)
July 15 L25 (E): Quantum chromodynamics at colliders (1)
July 20 L26 (E): Quantum chromodynamics at colliders (2)
July 22 L27 (T): Beyond the standard model
July 27 & 29 exam period - no lectures
Literature
Bjorken, Drell: Relativistische Quantenmechanik (in German)
Peskin, Schröder: An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory
Itzykson, Zuber: Quantum Field Theory
Schwartz: Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model
Langacker: The Standard Model and Beyond
Cottingham, Greenwood: An Introduction to the Standard Model of Particle Physics
Willenbrock: Symmetries of the Standard Model
Barger, Philips: Collider Physics
Halzen, Martin: Quarks and Leptons
Grossman: Introduction to flavor physics
Georgi: Lie algebras in particle physics
Ch. Berger: Elementary Particle Physics
P.Schmüser: Feynman Graphen und Eichtheorien (German)
Requirements:
This course is a specialisation course for master students. It is assumed that you have successfully completed the PEP4 bachelor course (or equivalent). In addition you should have taken at least one (better both) of the follwoing courses: Particle Physics and Quantum Field Theory I.
Lectures on Mondays and Wednesdays, 9:15 - 11:00 (starting April 20):
https://heiconf.uni-heidelberg.de/sch-urg-m6a
access code: 642346
Backup: In case of problems with heiCONF we will turn to ZOOM (Room Physik 2):
https://zoom.us/j/8104759006?pwd=VDFQQ2hFU3FBTGNOZ2J2SUp6R1Uydz09
Meeting-ID: 810 475 9006
Passwort: 016090
Tutorial 1 on Tuesdays, 14:15 - 16:00 (starting April 21):
https://heiconf.uni-heidelberg.de/sch-mat-pqm
access code: 984886
Backup: In case of problems with heiCONF we will turn to ZOOM (Room Physik 5):
https://zoom.us/j/3141177797?pwd=MEhNWDJ6M3hQMEErT0xRMWNMdTlwQT09
Meeting-ID: 314 117 7797
Passwort: 334833
Tutorial 2 on Wednesdays, 14:15 - 16:00 (starting April 22):
https://heiconf.uni-heidelberg.de/sch-rqe-fnf
access code: 259929
Backup: In case of problems with heiCONF we will turn to ZOOM (Room Physik 5):
https://zoom.us/j/3141177797?pwd=MEhNWDJ6M3hQMEErT0xRMWNMdTlwQT09
Meeting-ID: 314 117 7797
Passwort: 334833
Tutorial 3 on Wednesdays, 14:15 - 16:00 (starting April 29):
https://heiconf.uni-heidelberg.de/sch-nrh-n2y
access Code: 031081
Backup: In case of problems with heiCONF we will turn to ZOOM (Room Physik 9):
https://zoom.us/j/6506125613?pwd=NVEwa2tXcTZkZm1QMGQzbElXNys1UT09
Meeting ID: 650 612 5613
Passwort: 699394
Online access:
All lectures and exercises will take place online. We will use the conference software heiCONF. Please connect yourself a few minutes ahead of time by entering the corresponding hyperlink in your web browser. Then enter your name and the access code to join the meeting.
During the meeting, please make sure to mute your microphone through the blue button at the bottom of the screen, unless you are called to speak.
If you encounter connection problems, please report them to us by email.
You can find more information about heiCONF here (in German): https://www.urz.uni-heidelberg.de/en/node/962
Trouble with your connection?
Connection problems:
- Test different browsers. heiCONF works best with the latest version of Firefox.
- Restarting your browser and deleting cookies was reported to help. Especially in case that permissions (e.g. for microphone) were wrongly setup.
Sound problems:
- If you hear an echo when you speak, adjust your microphone to a lower volume in your computer settings.
Exercises:
Each Monday you will find a new exercise sheet on this website, starting on April 20. You have one week to solve the exercises. Please send your solution until the Monday of the following week to your tutor by email in one single PDF file:
Ilaria Brivio: brivio@thphys.uni-heidelberg.de
Sebastian Bruggisser: bruggisser@thphys.uni-heidelberg.de
Karla Tame Narvaez: tame@mpi-hd.mpg.de
Each student needs to hand in their own solution, even if you have solved the exercises in a team. We encourage and expect you to actively take part in the tutorials. Each week your tutor will select a few of you to present their solutions to the other students.
The first tutorials will take place on Tuesday, April 21 and Wednesday, April 22. Your tutor will give you an introduction to important general concepts you will need for the lectures. There will also be time to discuss questions your might have.
To connect among yourselves to work on the exercise sheets, check out these free online tools that the university provides for you:
https://urz.uni-heidelberg.de/en/2020-03-16-digital-tools
Material
- Lecture_01.pdf
- Lecture_02_v2.pdf
- Lecture_03.pdf
- Lecture_04.pdf
- Lecture_05.pdf
- Lecture_06_v2.pdf
- Lecture_07.pdf
- Lecture_08.pdf
- Lecture_09.pdf
- Lecture_10.pdf
- Lecture_11.pdf
- Lecture_12.pdf
- Lecture_12_slides.pdf
- Lecture_13_Eweak.pdf
- Lecture_14_Eweak.pdf
- Lecture_15.pdf
- Lecture_15_slides.pdf
- Lecture_16_Higgs.pdf
- Lecture16_Higgs.mp4
- Lecture_17_Higgs.pdf
- Lecture17_Higgs.mp4
- Lecture_18.pdf
- Lecture_18_slides.pdf
- Lecture_19_Flavor-CPV.pdf
- Lecture_20.pdf
- Lecture_21_Neutrino.pdf
- Lecture_22.pdf
- Lecture_22_slides.pdf
- Lecture_23.pdf
- Lecture_24.pdf
- Lecture_25_QCD1.pdf
- Lecture_26_QCD2.pdf
- Lecture_27.pdf
- Lecture_27_slides.pdf
- exam.pdf
Practice groups
- Group 01 (Ilaria Brivio)
18 participants
Philos.-weg 12 / R 070, Tue 14:15 - 16:00 - Group 02 (Sebastian Bruggisser)
17 participants
Philos.-weg 12 / R 056, Wed 14:15 - 16:00 - Group 03 (Karla Tame Narvaez)
11 participants
Philos.-weg 12 / R 060, Wed 14:15 - 16:00
