CODE 61872 ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 2 FISICA 9012 (LM-17) - 6 cfu anno 1 FISICA 9012 (LM-17) - SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR FIS/01 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION SEMESTER 2° Semester PREREQUISITES Propedeuticità in ingresso Per sostenere l'esame di questo insegnamento è necessario aver sostenuto i seguenti esami: PHYSICS 9012 (coorte 2016/2017) NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS AND ASTROPHYSICS 2 61847 2016 THEORETICAL PHYSICS 61842 2016 MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN PHYSICS 61843 2016 MATTER PHYSICS 2 61844 2016 PHYSICS 9012 (coorte 2017/2018) NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS AND ASTROPHYSICS 2 61847 2017 THEORETICAL PHYSICS 61842 2017 MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN PHYSICS 61843 2017 MATTER PHYSICS 2 61844 2017 AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES The course aims to present the basic analytic tools and fundamental phenomenological concepts in modern particle physics, exploiting examples and applications AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES introducing basic tools to understand modern particle physics and the necessary pre-requisite to achieve an understanding of particle physics based on quantum mechanics and relativity introducing modern particle physics from a phenomenological viewpoint introducing to techniques and methods to study elementary particles’ properties and their interactions discussing open problems in high-energy physics all topics are complemented by examples and applications SYLLABUS/CONTENT Basic concepts units of measure in particle physics reference frame transformations and the centre-of-mass frame Lorenz-invariant phase space. 2-body and 3-body phase space Kinematics of a 2-body decay Kinematics of a 3-body decay. Dalitz plots. Kinematics of particle scattering Cross sections and decay rates Particle production in high-energy collisions; accelerators, luminosity: examples and applications Spin and polarisation, covariant formalism, examples and applications Modern Particle Physics Particle physics phenomenology: masses and energies Fundamental building blocks: quarks and leptons Force carriers: gluons, electro-weak bosons and gravitons Unstable particles and resonances Scalar particles: Klein-Gordon equation Spin 1/2 particles: Dirac, Weyl and Majorana Spin 1 particles Continuous and discrete symmetries: C, P, T P violation, C violation and CP violation in K mesons Determination of Particles’ properties Partial wave analysis and helicity formalism Some examples Introduction to the Standard Model the Standard Model and the Higgs mechanism. CKM matrix, CP violation Physics beyond the Standard Model Neutrino mass and oscillations Low-energy processes. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD ALESSANDRO PETROLINI Exam Board ALESSANDRO PETROLINI (President) MARCO PALLAVICINI
