ECTS - University of Pisa
Scheda programma d'esame
PHYSICS AT ADRONIC COLLIDERS
VINCENZO CAVASINNI
Academic year2016/17
CoursePHYSICS
Code201BB
Credits9
PeriodSemester 2
LanguageItalian

ModulesAreaTypeHoursTeacher(s)
FISICA AI COLLISIONATORI ADRONICIFIS/04LEZIONI54
VINCENZO CAVASINNI unimap
MARCO GRASSI unimap
SANDRA LEONE unimap
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Learning outcomes
Knowledge
The studentat the end this course will have a knowledge of the elementary particle physics investigated mainly at the hadronic colliders. This will include also the most recent studies such as the discovery of the Higgs particle and the search for new fundamental physics.
Assessment criteria of knowledge
The student will be assessed in his ability to be a critical reader of the scientific items presented and it will be required to possess the basic knowledges both of theoretical and experimental facts in high energy and collider physics.

Methods:

  • Final oral exam
  • Oral report
  • Written report

Further information:
The student is expected to be ready to deepen the the topics presented in the course by personal investigationn on appropriate scientific papers. The student is also required to perform a simplified analysis on real LHC (r-tuples) data using root package to extract physical parameter such as: cross sections, mass recontruction, momentum distributions,... The written report of this activity will be discussed at the oral exam and it will be weighted as 50% of the final rating, the rest of the rating will be given by the knowledge of the general arguments of the course.
Teaching methods

Delivery: face to face

Learning activities:

  • attending lectures
  • participation in seminar
  • preparation of oral/written report
  • individual study
  • group work
  • Bibliography search

Attendance: Advised

Teaching methods:

  • Lectures
  • Seminar
  • laboratory
Syllabus
Why hadron Colliders: introduction. Physics at the intersecting storage rings and the beginning of the QCD theory. The electroweak model and the discovery of the intermediate vector bosons W/Z at the CERN p-pbar collider. The physics at LHC: electroweak physics, Quantum Chromodynamics, heavy flavour physics Higgs physics. The search for new physics: Supersymmetry.
Bibliography
Griffiths: Elementary particles: an introduction Perkins: High energy physics Ellis, Stirling, Webber: QCD and Collider Physics Recommended reading includes many scientific papers related to particle physics
Work placement
Yes
Updated: 14/11/2016 17:27