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

Sommersemester 2026
Dozent: Degenkolb S, Plehn T, Uwer U
40 Teilnehmer/innen

 

 
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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.
 

Note: the lecture on 23 April will exceptionally take place in the "Gold Box" (ground floor of INF 226).


Tutorials:
Thursday afternoon,
will start on 23 April

The date of the  written examination to terminate will be announced as soon the central exam adinistration has assigned a room and time.  Please register in HeiCo for the exam.

To be admitted to the written examination,
60% of the points of the exercise sheets
are required. Admissions to the exam
from previous years are not accepted.

 

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 mainly focused 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.

 

Date     Topic                                                          

Lecturer
16/04/26

Organizational issues

QCD tests at colliders

UU

UU
17/04/26 Partons and DGLAP equation TP
23/04/26 Partons and DGLAP equation TP
24/04/26 Solving the DGLAP equation TP
29/04/26 Precision Tests of QED (notes, slides) SD
07/05/26 Higgs physics TP
08/05/26 Higgs physics TP
14/05/26 Higgs physics TP
     
     
     
     

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Particle Physics II (before Standard Model I) (MVSpec)
Sommersemester 2026
Degenkolb S, Plehn T, Uwer U
40 Teilnehmer/innen
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