Particle Physics

winter term 2020/2021
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Hans-Christian Schultz-Coulon
Link zum LSF
125 participants

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Lectures: INF 227, HS 1

Tue, 14:15 - 16:00

16:15 - 17:00 Q/A session

Thu, 14:15 - 16:00

The lecture focuses on modern particle physics;

it will discuss the building blocks of matter and
the forces between them.

The lecture is based on:
Modern Particle Physics
von M. Thomson

Homeworks and Tutorials:

Exercise sheets will be put online on Wednesdays and have to be upload by Wednesday the

week after. The exercises will not be corrected in detail, but you will get 0 or 1 point depending

if you did a decent attempt to solve the problem even if the solution is not 100% correct. You

can hand in your exercises in groups of maximal three students. Please note all names on

the sheet. We expect every student of the group to be able to present and explain their solution.

60% of the points on the sheets are required to participate in the exam. Admissions to exams

from previous years are not valid this year.

The tutorials will start on 6th November with a repetion of PEP-IV material. The first sheet will

be online 4.11.20 and has to be handed in by 11.11.20.

Covid-19 regulations

WE HAVE TO RUN THE LECTURE AND TUTORIALS PURE ONLINE FOR NOVEMBER.

WE VERY MUCH HOPE TO SWITCH TO A HYBRID FORM FROM DECEMBER ON.

The lecture will be streamed on youtube and simultaneously transmitted via zoom

for fast feedback. The tutorials will be via zoom ( see here for links ).

The streamed lectures will be available until the end of the term. Furthermore, during the lecture you

can ask questions on Rocket-Chat. Prof. Schultz-Coulon will have a look at them during the break

and at the end of the lecture. If needed this concept will be adapted during the course

of the lecture.

Lecture Notes and slides:

The notes and slides to the lecture can be found here.

Link to literature:

The book M. Thomson on "Modern Particle Physics" is availabe at the library. In addition, it is

accessible online via the HEIDI platform of the University Library. Be aware that for reading it online

you have to set up a personal login on the Cambridge Higher Education website. Once having

registered via HEIDI and logged in via your personal account you can use the direct link.

Lectures

#	Datum	Inhalt	Chapters
1	03.11.2020	Introduction	1-3
2	05.11.2020	Rates and Cross Sections	1-3
3	10.11.2020	Phase Space and Phase Space Intergration	1-3
4	12.11.2020	Dirac Equation and Spinors	4
5	17.11.2020	Interaction by Particle Exchange (1)	5
6	19.11.2020	Interaction by Particle Exchange (2)	5
7	24.11.2020	Electron-Positron Annihilation	6
8	26.11.2020	Electron-Proton Elastic Scattering	7
9	01.12.2020	Deep Inelastic Scattering (1)	8
10	03.12.2020	Deep Inelastic Scattering (2)	8
11	08.12.2020	Symmetries and the Quark Model (1)	9
12	10.12.2020	Symmetries and the Quark Model (2)	9
13	15.12.2020	Quantum Chromodynamics (1)	10
14	17.12.2020	Quantum Chromodynamics (2)	10
15	12.01.2021	Quantum Chromodynamics (3)	10
16	14.01.2021	Quantum Chromodynamics (4)	10
17	19.01.2021	The Weak Interaction (1)	11
18	21.01.2021	The Weak Interaction (2)	11
19	26.01.2021	The Weak Interaction of Leptons (1)	12
20	28.01.2021	The Weak Interaction of Leptons (2)	12
21	02.02.2021	CP Violation and Weak Hadronic Interactions	14
22	04.02.2021	B-Meson Physics	14
23	09.02.2021	W Decay Width	15
24	11.02.2021	Electroweak Unification	15
25	16.02.2021	The Z Resonance	16
26	18.02.2021	The Higgs Boson	17
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	23.02.2021	Written Exams
	xx.xx.2021	Exam Review
	xx.xx.2021	Retry Exams

Group 1 (Ulrich Uwer)
18 participants
INF 227 SR 1.403/4, Fri 9:15 - 11:00
Group 2 (Stephanie Hansmann-Menzemer)
20 participants
INF 226 gold-box, Fri 9:15 - 11:00
Group 3 (Sebastian Bachmann)
22 participants
online, Fri 11:15 - 13:00
Group 4 (Alberto Caliva)
21 participants
online, Fri 11:15 - 13:00
Group 5 (Pavel Starovoitov)
19 participants
INF 308 HS2, Fri 14:15 - 16:00
Group 6 (Konrad Briggl)
25 participants
online, Fri 9:15 - 11:00