08.128.738 Particle Physics

Course offering details

Instructors: Univ. Prof. Dr. Niklaus Berger

Event type: Lecture/practice class

Displayed in timetable as: 08.128.738

Hours per week: 4

Credits: 6,0

Language of instruction: Englisch

Min. | Max. participants: - | -

Requirements / organisational issues:
The course is intended to deepen the understanding of the fundamental building blocks of matter and their interactions. 

Course website: https://agberger.kph.uni-mainz.de/particle-physics-2019/

Contents:
 


  • cross sectioni calculations (Feynman diagrams, perturbation theory)
  • Symmetries and local gauge invariance,
  • the Standard Model (SM) and precision tests,
  • Electroweak symmetry breaking and the Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism,
  • Mixing and CP violation in the quark and neutrino sector
  • Search for physics beyond the SM



 

 

Recommended reading list:


  • Modern Particle Physics
    Mark Thomson
    ISBN: 978-1107034266
    570 pages
  • Introduction to Elementary Particles
    David Griffiths
    ISBN: 978-3-527-40601-2
    470 pages
  • Quarks and Leptons: An Introductory Course in Modern Particle Physics
    Francis Halzen und Alan D. Martin
    ISBN: 978-0471887416
    396 pages

Additional information:
The course provides the required knowledge in order to successfully complete a master’s thesis in a related subject. 

Appointments
Date From To Room Instructors
1 Tue, 16. Apr. 2019 10:00 12:00 01 128 Galilei-Raum Univ. Prof. Dr. Niklaus Berger
2 Th, 18. Apr. 2019 08:00 10:00 01 128 Galilei-Raum Univ. Prof. Dr. Niklaus Berger
3 Tue, 23. Apr. 2019 10:00 12:00 01 128 Galilei-Raum Univ. Prof. Dr. Niklaus Berger
4 Th, 25. Apr. 2019 08:00 10:00 01 128 Galilei-Raum Univ. Prof. Dr. Niklaus Berger
5 Tue, 30. Apr. 2019 10:00 12:00 01 128 Galilei-Raum Univ. Prof. Dr. Niklaus Berger
6 Th, 2. May 2019 08:00 10:00 01 128 Galilei-Raum Univ. Prof. Dr. Niklaus Berger
7 Tue, 7. May 2019 10:00 12:00 01 128 Galilei-Raum Univ. Prof. Dr. Niklaus Berger
8 Th, 9. May 2019 08:00 10:00 01 128 Galilei-Raum Univ. Prof. Dr. Niklaus Berger
9 Tue, 14. May 2019 10:00 12:00 01 128 Galilei-Raum Univ. Prof. Dr. Niklaus Berger
10 Th, 16. May 2019 08:00 10:00 01 128 Galilei-Raum Univ. Prof. Dr. Niklaus Berger
11 Tue, 21. May 2019 10:00 12:00 01 128 Galilei-Raum Univ. Prof. Dr. Niklaus Berger
12 Th, 23. May 2019 08:00 10:00 01 128 Galilei-Raum Univ. Prof. Dr. Niklaus Berger
13 Tue, 28. May 2019 10:00 12:00 01 128 Galilei-Raum Univ. Prof. Dr. Niklaus Berger
14 Tue, 4. Jun. 2019 10:00 12:00 01 128 Galilei-Raum Univ. Prof. Dr. Niklaus Berger
15 Th, 6. Jun. 2019 08:00 10:00 01 128 Galilei-Raum Univ. Prof. Dr. Niklaus Berger
16 Tue, 11. Jun. 2019 10:00 12:00 01 128 Galilei-Raum Univ. Prof. Dr. Niklaus Berger
17 Th, 13. Jun. 2019 08:00 10:00 01 128 Galilei-Raum Univ. Prof. Dr. Niklaus Berger
18 Tue, 18. Jun. 2019 10:00 12:00 01 128 Galilei-Raum Univ. Prof. Dr. Niklaus Berger
19 Tue, 25. Jun. 2019 10:00 12:00 01 128 Galilei-Raum Univ. Prof. Dr. Niklaus Berger
20 Th, 27. Jun. 2019 08:00 10:00 01 128 Galilei-Raum Univ. Prof. Dr. Niklaus Berger
21 Tue, 2. Jul. 2019 10:00 12:00 01 128 Galilei-Raum Univ. Prof. Dr. Niklaus Berger
22 Th, 4. Jul. 2019 08:00 10:00 01 128 Galilei-Raum Univ. Prof. Dr. Niklaus Berger
23 Tue, 9. Jul. 2019 10:00 12:00 01 128 Galilei-Raum Univ. Prof. Dr. Niklaus Berger
24 Th, 11. Jul. 2019 08:00 10:00 01 128 Galilei-Raum Univ. Prof. Dr. Niklaus Berger
Course specific exams
Description Date Instructors Mandatory
1. Examination Time tbd Yes
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Instructors
Univ. Prof. Dr. Niklaus Berger