08.128.738 Particle Physics

Course offering details

Instructors: Dr. Christoph Redmer

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:
Prerequisites:  basic knowledge of the fundamentals of particle and nuclear physics, as e.g. contained in the lecture "Experimentalphysik 5b (Nuclear and Particle Physics)"

Language of instruction will be English.

Contents:
The lecture deals with the fundamental constituents of matter and the interactions between these constituents.  The electromagnetic, strong, and weak interactions are explored, both from a phenomenological and from the experimental side.  In particular, the lecture will deal with these topics:


  • Overview of experimental methods (particle accelerators, detectors)
  • Kinematics of scattering processes at high energies
  • Calculation of cross sections (Feynman diagrams, perturbation theory)
  • Representative processes of the electromagnetic, strong, and weak interactions
  • Symmetries and local gauge invariance
  • Standard Model of particle physics, precision tests
  • Spontaneous breaking of the electroweak symmetry via the Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism
  • Quantum mechanical mixing, CP violation in the quark and neutrino sector
  • Search for physics beyond the Standard Model

Recommended reading list:
M. Thomson, Modern Particle Physics, Cambridge University Press (2013)
D. Griffiths, Introduction to Elementary Particles, Wiley-VCH (2008)
F, Halzen and A. D. Martin, Quarks and leptons: an introductory course in modern particle physics, Wiley, 1984
Ch. Berger, Elementarteilchenphysik (4th ed), Springer (2014)

Digital teaching:
Additional information, materials for lecture and exercises, etc is provided via the JGU eLearning tool LMS.

Appointments
Date From To Room Instructors
1 Mon, 17. Apr. 2023 12:15 13:45 00 260 Seminarraum 1 Kernphysik Dr. Christoph Redmer
2 Fri, 21. Apr. 2023 08:15 09:45 00 260 Seminarraum 1 Kernphysik Dr. Christoph Redmer
3 Mon, 24. Apr. 2023 12:15 13:45 00 260 Seminarraum 1 Kernphysik Dr. Christoph Redmer
4 Fri, 28. Apr. 2023 08:15 09:45 00 260 Seminarraum 1 Kernphysik Dr. Christoph Redmer
5 Fri, 5. May 2023 08:15 09:45 00 260 Seminarraum 1 Kernphysik Dr. Christoph Redmer
6 Mon, 8. May 2023 12:15 13:45 00 260 Seminarraum 1 Kernphysik Dr. Christoph Redmer
7 Fri, 12. May 2023 08:15 09:45 00 260 Seminarraum 1 Kernphysik Dr. Christoph Redmer
8 Mon, 15. May 2023 12:15 13:45 00 260 Seminarraum 1 Kernphysik Dr. Christoph Redmer
9 Fri, 19. May 2023 08:15 09:45 00 260 Seminarraum 1 Kernphysik Dr. Christoph Redmer
10 Mon, 22. May 2023 12:15 13:45 00 260 Seminarraum 1 Kernphysik Dr. Christoph Redmer
11 Fri, 26. May 2023 08:15 09:45 00 260 Seminarraum 1 Kernphysik Dr. Christoph Redmer
12 Fri, 2. Jun. 2023 08:15 09:45 00 260 Seminarraum 1 Kernphysik Dr. Christoph Redmer
13 Mon, 5. Jun. 2023 12:15 13:45 00 260 Seminarraum 1 Kernphysik Dr. Christoph Redmer
14 Fri, 9. Jun. 2023 08:15 09:45 00 260 Seminarraum 1 Kernphysik Dr. Christoph Redmer
15 Mon, 12. Jun. 2023 12:15 13:45 00 260 Seminarraum 1 Kernphysik Dr. Christoph Redmer
16 Fri, 16. Jun. 2023 08:15 09:45 00 260 Seminarraum 1 Kernphysik Dr. Christoph Redmer
17 Mon, 19. Jun. 2023 12:15 13:45 00 260 Seminarraum 1 Kernphysik Dr. Christoph Redmer
18 Fri, 23. Jun. 2023 08:15 09:45 00 260 Seminarraum 1 Kernphysik Dr. Christoph Redmer
19 Mon, 26. Jun. 2023 12:15 13:45 00 260 Seminarraum 1 Kernphysik Dr. Christoph Redmer
20 Fri, 30. Jun. 2023 08:15 09:45 00 260 Seminarraum 1 Kernphysik Dr. Christoph Redmer
21 Mon, 3. Jul. 2023 12:15 13:45 00 260 Seminarraum 1 Kernphysik Dr. Christoph Redmer
22 Fri, 7. Jul. 2023 08:15 09:45 00 260 Seminarraum 1 Kernphysik Dr. Christoph Redmer
23 Mon, 10. Jul. 2023 12:15 13:45 00 260 Seminarraum 1 Kernphysik Dr. Christoph Redmer
24 Fri, 14. Jul. 2023 08:15 09:45 00 260 Seminarraum 1 Kernphysik Dr. Christoph Redmer
25 Mon, 17. Jul. 2023 12:15 13:45 00 260 Seminarraum 1 Kernphysik Dr. Christoph Redmer
26 Fri, 21. Jul. 2023 08:15 09:45 00 260 Seminarraum 1 Kernphysik Dr. Christoph Redmer
Course specific exams
Description Date Instructors Mandatory
1. Oral Examination (30 Min) Time tbd Yes
2. Oral Examination (30 Min) Time tbd Yes
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Instructors
Dr. Christoph Redmer