Scheda programma d'esame
FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS / INTERAZIONI FONDAMENTALI
FLAVIO COSTANTINI
Anno accademico2017/18
CdSFISICA
Codice305BB
CFU9
PeriodoPrimo semestre
LinguaItaliano

ModuliSettore/iTipoOreDocente/i
INTERAZIONI FONDAMENTALIFIS/04LEZIONI54
FLAVIO COSTANTINI unimap
Learning outcomes
Knowledge

The student who successfully completes the course will know the following topics:

  • The discrete symmetries CPT in Elementary particles and the conservation laws.
  • The first particle physics experiments that detected symmetry violations of Parity P,Charge Conjugation C and their product CP.
  • Elementary weak interactions and an introduction to neutrino oscillations.
  • Hadronic physics measurements at e+e- Colliders.
  • The discovery of quark c and elementary QCD model.
Assessment criteria of knowledge

- In the written exam (3 hours, 2 exercises each with 3 or 4 questions), the student must demonstrate his/her knowledge of the course material, its capability to organize an effective and correctly written reply. - With his/her oral presentation to the teachers, the student must demonstrate the ability to approach a circumscribed research problem, and organize an effective exposition of the results.

Methods:

  • Final oral exam
  • Final written exam

Further information:
The student is strongly advised to pass the written test before admission to the final oral exam. At the link: https://elearning.df.unipi.it/course/view.php?id=312 interested students will find texts and solutions of the previous years written tests and several additional scientific and historical papers and references.

Prerequisites

Classical, relativistic and quantum physics of the first three year Physics course.

Co-requisites

Quantum angular moment sum rules.

Teaching methods

Delivery: face to face

Learning activities:

  • attending lectures
  • preparation of oral/written report
  • individual study
  • group work
  • Other

Attendance: Strongly advised

Teaching methods:

  • Lectures
  • Task-based learning/problem-based learning/inquiry-based learning
  • Other
Syllabus

The discrete symmetries CPT in Elementary particles, the conservation laws, the first experiments that detected symmetry violations of P,C and CP. Elementary weak interactions. Hadronic physics measurements at e+e- Colliders. Charm quark discovery and elementary QCD model.

Bibliography

1) One textbook among: A. Bettini - Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics - Cambridge U.P. (2012), D. Griffiths - Introduction to elementary particles - Wiley (2008), D.H. Perkins - Introduction to High Energy Physics -- Cambridge U.P. (2000).

Further reading: Cahn, Goldhaber - The experimental foundations of Particle Physics - Cambridge U.P. (2009). M.S. Sozzi - Discrete symmetries and CP Violation - Oxford G.T. (2008). Povh, Rith, Scholz, Zetsche - Particles and nuclei - Springer 6-th Ed. (2008).

2) Interactions of the radiation with matter and particle detectors, one textbook among: D. Green - The physics of particle detectors - Cambridge U.P. (2000). C. Grupen - Particle detectors - Cambridge U.P. (1996). W.R. Leo -Techniques for nuclear and particle physics experiments - Springer-Verlag (1994).

Further reading: J.D. Jackson - Classical Electrodynamics - Wiley (1998). T. Ferbel (ed.) - Experimental techniques in HEP - Addison Wesley (1987). K. Kleinknecht - Detectors for particle radiation - Cambridge U.P. (1998).Useful general reference: Particle Data Group - Review of particle physics - pdg.lbl.gov

3) At the link: https://elearning.df.unipi.it/course/view.php?id=312 interested students will find texts and solutions of the previous years written tests and various additional scientific and historical papers and references.

Additional web pages

At the link: https://elearning.df.unipi.it/course/view.php?id=312 interested students will find texts and solutions of the previous years written tests and various additional scientific and historical papers and references.

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