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Instructors: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dmitry Budker; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Martin Fertl
Event type:
online: Lecture/practice class
Displayed in timetable as:
08.128.805
Hours per week:
4
Credits:
6,0
Language of instruction:
Englisch
Min. | Max. participants:
- | -
Requirements / organisational issues:
BSc in Physics or closely related fields.
For some topics the course will be taught as a classical lecture. But for others we will depart form the usual format of formal lectures and seminars and adopt a more efficient technique of tutorial-style presentations (occasionally, by the students) and an engaged group discussion. In addition to introducing students to these topics, a secondary goal of the course is to enable the participants to make order-of-magnitude estimates and answer physics questions “on their feet".
This approach ideally prepares for the oral exam at the end of the semester and may be useful for students preparing for their Master or PhD defense.
Contents:
The topics covered in this course will include (but will not be limited to):
Fundamental symmetries of Nature
Open “big questions” in modern physics
Symmetry violations in beta decay and atomic parity violation
Searches for the electric-dipole moments (EDM) of atoms, molecules, and the neutron
Introduction to dark matter
Experimental searches for ultralight bosonic dark matter
Atomic and nuclear clocks
Ion traps for fundamental physics
Atomic and diamond-based magnetometers
Nuclear magnetic resonance: NMR and fundamental physics
Anomalous magnetic moments of proton, neutrons, electrons and muons
Precision spectroscopy for neutrino mass measurements
Recommended reading list:
Appropriate literature will be announced in the course.
While excerpts from some standard textbooks will be useful, many
for many topics the state-of-the-art is best summarized in current research
review articles.
Additional information:
Instruction language will be English.
Digital teaching:
We plan to deliver this course fully through a digital learning platform with video conferences.
This way we get more independence of a possible rebounce of the Covid 19 cases.
According to the circumstances we will still try to arrange tours to various labs for interested participants of the course.
The exact digital learning platform will be decided on in time before the start of classes and will be communicated to the students.
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