Particle Physics II (before Standard Model I) (MVSpec)

Courtesy CERN

Prof. Dr. S. Degenkolb Prof. Dr. U. Uwer Prof. Dr. Tilman Plehn Lectures: INF 227, HS2 Thursdays, 09:15 - 11:00, Fridays, 09:15 - 11:00. Lectures will start on 16 April. Tutorials: Thursday afternoon, will start on 23 April The date of the  written examination to terminate will be annlunced as soon the central exam adinistration has assigned a room and time.  Please register in HeiCo for the exam.

The lecture focuses on modern particle physics. It builds on the letcure Particle Physics and replaces the former lecture Standard Model.

Topics of the lecture:  While the lecture Particle Physics was focusing on tree-level processes, the lecture Particle Physics II adresses the effects of higher-order (radiative) quantum  corrections - often called loops. The lecture comprises three theoretical blocks (DGLAP evolution in QCD, Higgs mechanism, Beyond the Standard Model)  and several experimental blocks (higher order QED effects, quark and lepton flavor physics, neutron physics, dark matter searches).

Prerequisites:   Lecture "Particle Physics".

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

Week by week content of the lecture

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

Table includes links to lecture material (notes, slides).
Lecture notes for the theory blocks can also be found here.