Particle Physics (MKEP1)

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Prof. Dr. S. Degenkolb Prof. Dr. U. Uwer (Prof. Dr. Tilman Plehn) Lectures: INF 227, HS2 Thursdays, 14:15 - 16:00, Fridays, 14:15 - 16:00. Lectures will start on 16 October. Tutorials: Thursdays, and Fridays, will start on 23 / 24 October The date of the written examination will be anounced when the schudiling by the faculty is done.

The lecture focuses on modern experimental particle physics. It will discuss the building blocks of matter and their inteactions. The lecture has theory blocks (QED, electroweak, QCD) given by Prof. T.Plehn. 

Topics of the lecture:
General consepts in particle physics; particle detection, accelerators,  QED Langrangian and Fenyman rules;  ee-annihilation; Weak inteaction: Wu and Goldhaber experiments; V-A structure, muon und pion decay, neutrino-quark scattering; Electroweak Lagrangian and Feynman rules; Experimental test of electroweak theory: Precision Z-Physics, sin2thetaw, atomic partity violation;Static quark modell and its predictions; Deep inelastics lepton-nucleon scattering; Introduction to QCD; Experimental tests of QCD in ee-annihilation; Neutrino oscillation and neutrino mass; Casimir force;

Topics in italic are short theory blocks.

Prerequisites:

Lecture "Introduction of the Nuclear and Particle Physics (PEP4, in German)".

Literature:

F. Halzen, A.D.Martin: Quarks and Leptons (pheno)
M. Thomson, Modern Particle Physics (experiment)
D.H. Perkins: Introduction to High Energy Physics (experiment)
D. Griffiths: Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics (experiment)
I.J.R. Aitchison, A.J.G. Hey: Gauge Theories in Particle Physics (theory)
C.Itzykson, J.-B. Zuber: Quantum Field Theory (theory)
O. Nachtmann: Elementarteilchenphysik - Phänomene und Konzepte (theory, German)

Particle Data Group: The Review of Particle Physics, online

Lecturer:
UU: Prof. U. Uwer
SD: Prof. S. Degenkolb
TP: Prof. T. Plehn

Table includes links to lecture material (notes, slides).

Practice groups

• Group 1 (Dr. Andrea Dubla)
  21 participants
  INF 227 03.403, Fri 11:15 - 13:00
• Group 2 (Dr. Francesco Toschi)
  20 participants
  INF 227 03.402, Fri 11:15 - 13:00
• Group 3 (Dr. Utz Schmidt)
  20 participants
  INF 227 03.402, Thu 16:15 - 18:00
• Group 4 (Dr. Giulia Tuci)
  0 participants
  INF 226 Goldbox K1, Fri 09:15 - 11:00
• Group 5 (Dr. Sebastian Dittmeier)
  11 participants
  INF 227 03.402, Fri 09:15 - 11:00
• Group 6 (Prof. Hans-Christian Schultz-Coulon)
  19 participants
  INF 227, Thu 16:00 - 18:00