Course

PHYS-416: Particle physics II

Summary

This course aims to make students familiar and comfortable with the main concepts of particle physics, providing a clear connection between the theory and relevant experimental results, including the most recent ones from modern particle physics experiments.

Lectures

Instructor

Lesya Shchutska

Official source

https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/particle-physics-ii-PHYS-416

Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/PHYS-416

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Summary

Lectures

Instructor

Lesya Shchutska

Official source

https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/particle-physics-ii-PHYS-416

Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/PHYS-416

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Ontological neighbourhood

Physics

Particle physics: Standard Model

Quantum field theory: Topics in quantum field theory

Nuclear physics: Topics in nuclear physics

Lectures in this course (21)

Quantum Chromodynamics: Main Concepts

Covers the main concepts of Quantum Chromodynamics, including color confinement, gluons, color singlets, and the discovery of the gluon.

Quantum Chromodynamics: main concepts

Explores Quantum Chromodynamics experimental aspects, including hadronization, jets, gluon discovery, quark studies, color conservation, and running coupling constants.

The Weak Interaction

Explores parity, intrinsic particle parities, V-A structure, chiral and helicity properties, and evidence for the V-A nature of weak interactions.

The weak interactions of leptons

Delves into neutrino flavors, muon decay, LFU violation, and neutrino-quark scattering, exploring weak interactions of leptons.

Neutrinos and Neutrino Oscillations

Explores neutrino detection, oscillations, PMNS matrix, CP symmetries, mass hierarchies, and experimental methods.

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