ECTS credits ECTS credits: 4.5
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 74.2 Hours of tutorials: 2.25 Expository Class: 18 Interactive Classroom: 18 Total: 112.45
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Particle Physics
Areas: Atomic, Molecular and Nuclear Physics, Theoretical Physics
Center Faculty of Physics
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable
Acquiring knowledge about Particle Physics beyond those given in the subject nuclear and Particle Physics. knowing of the different types of elementary particles, their interactions and possible reaction mechanisms. Qualitative knwledge of the fundamental interactions: electroweak and strong, Knowledge of hadron structure. Qualitative knowledge of the experimental methods in Particle Physics: accelerators and detectors.
Learning Results
With respect to this couse, the student will show he/she has acquired the following capabilities:
-that has acquired basic knowledge within the framework of a current vision of particle physics
-that knows the different types of elementary particles, the interactions they experience and the
possible reactions between them
-that understands the different fundamental interactions
-who knows the structure of the hadrons
-that has acquired knowledge about the experimental methods used in particle physics: Accelerators and detectors
1. INTRODUCTION: Summary of subnuclear physics. Accelerators. Cosmic rays. The four fundamental interactions and the road to unification. Qualitative description of electromagnetic and weak interactions. Grand-unification theories. Difficulties to unify gravity with the other interactions. String theory.
2. SYMMETRIES: Symmetries, quantum numbers and conservation laws of the different interactions. Phase space. Three body phase space. Dalitz plot. Resonance production and quantum number determination.
3. QUARKS: Hadron structure. SU(3) representations. Representation product. Light quarks: u,d,s. Mesons and baryons in the quark model. Hadron mass. Omega baryon. Need of color. Heavy flavor spectroscopy. Charmonium. Width of the J/psi. Bottomonium. Discovery of the top quark.
4. GAUGE SYMMETRY: QED Lagrangian. Main EM processes. Vacuum polarization. Non-abelian gauge symmetry. QCD. Differences with QED. Asymptotic freedom. Jet production. Confinement. Phase transition(s) in QCD. Quark-Gluon Plasma. Early Universe. Deep inelastic scattering. Higgs mechanism.
5. ELECTROWEAK INTERACTION: Fermi Lagrangian. Genralization. Beta decay. Conserved vector current. Vector bosons. Parity violation. Wu's experiment.Neutrino helicity. Strangeness changing processes, Cabbibo angle. Processes mediated by neutral currents. The theory of electroweak unification. The GIM mechanism. CP violation. Need of three generations of quarks. B meson and neutral kaon oscillation. Neutrino oscillation. LHC detectors and Higgs hunting.
1. C. Merino and Yu.M. Shabelski, “Basic Features of High-Energy Hadronic Interactions”,
Lectures on Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Proceedings of the Third IDPASC School,
ed. Carlos Merino, Compostela (Galiza-Spain), January 21-February 2, 2013, Springer-Verlag 2015 (pgs. 1-47).
2. B. Adeva, “La Teoría de Unificación Electrodébil: Curso en Nueve Lecciones”, Liberlibro, 2017, Google Books,
https:goo.gl/Stikes ·
3. D. Griffiths, “Introduction to Elementary Particles”, Wiley-VCH, 2009.
4. W. E Burcham and M. Jobes, "Nuclear and Particle Physics", Longmair, 1995.
5. S. Bettini, “Introduction to Elementary Particles Physics”, Cambridge, 2009.
6. Yu. Dokshitzer, V. Khoze, A. Mueller, S. Troyan, “Basics of Perturbative QCD”,
Editions Frontieres, 1991.
7. M. Chaichian and N.F. Nelipa, “Introduction to Gauge Field Theories”, Springer-Verlag 1984.
8. F. Halzen and Alan D. Martin, “Quarks and Leptons: An Introductory Course in Modern Particle Physics”,
John Wiley and Sons, 1984.
9. T. Muta, “Foundations of Quantum Chromodynamics: An Introduction to Perturbative Methods in Gauge Theories”,
World Scientific, 1988.
10. F.J. Yndurain, “The Theory of Quark and Gluon Interactions”, Springer-Verlag, 1992.
11. A. Ferrer y E. Ros, “Física de Partículas y Astropartículas”, PUV, 2014.
12. M. Peskin, "Concepts of Elementary Particle Physics", www.slac.stanford.edu/~mpeskin/Physics/52/theBook.pdf
13. B. Povh et al., "Particles and nuclei: An Introduction to the Physical Concepts", Springer, 1995.
14. H. Frauenfelder and E. M. Henley, "Subatomic Physics", Prentice Hall, 1991.
Resources on-line:
Virtual Classroom: Course noted produced by the professors, list of problems, solutions to the problems, exams from previous years, etc.
Virtual Classroom: Links to online resources.
15. N. Armesto and C. Pajares, “Quantum Chromodynamics”,
Lectures on Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Proceedings of the Third IDPASC School,
ed. Carlos Merino, Compostela (Galiza-Spain), January 21-February 2, 2013, Springer-Verlag 2015 (pgs. 49-96).
16. C. Quigg, "Theories of Strong, Weak, and Electromagnetic Interactions", Frontiers in Physics, 1983.
Basic and General
CB1 - That students have demonstrated to possess and understand knowledge in an area of study
that starts from the base of educationtion general secondary school, and is usually found at a
level that, while supported by textbooks advanced, also includes some aspects that they imply
knowledge coming from the vanguard of their field of study.
CB2 - That students know how to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way
and have the competences that they usually demonstrate by means of the elaboration and defense of arguments
and the resolution of problems within their area of study.
CB3 - That students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (usually within their area)
of study) to issue judgments that include a reflection on relevant social, scientific or ethical issues.
CG1 - Possess and understand the most important concepts, methods and results of the different branches of Physics,
with perspective historical of his development.
CG2 - Have the ability to gather and interpret data, information and relevant results, obtain conclusions and
issue reasoned reports in scientific, technological or other problems that require the use of knowledge of Physics.
CG3 - Apply both theoretical knowledge-acquired skills as the ability to analyze and abstraction in the definition and
approach of problems and in the search of their solutions both in academic and professional contexts.
Transversal
CT1 - Acquire analysis and synthesis capacity.
CT2 - Have the capacity for organization and planning.
CT5 - Develop critical reasoning.
Specific
CE1 - Have a good understanding of the most important physical theories, locating in their logical and mathematical structure,
its experimental support and the physical phenomenon that can be described through them.
CE2 - Be able to clearly manage orders of magnitude and make appropriate estimates in order to develop a clear perception
of situations that, although physically different, show some analogy, allowing the use of solutions known to new problems.
CE5 - Being able to do the essentials of a process or situation and establish a working model of it, as well as perform the
required approximations in order to reduce the problem to a manageable level. He will demonstrate critical thinking to build
physical models.
CE6 - Understand and master the use of mathematical and numerical methods most commonly used in Physics.
CE8 - Be able to manage, search and use bibliography, as well as any source of relevant information and apply it to research
and technical project development work.
One course will be activated at the platform Moodle of the Campus Virtual, where information of interest for the student will be downloaded, as well as various teaching materlals.
The teaching classes will be divided into 24 hours of lectures devoted to material presentation, and 18 hours of problem classes devoted to the solution of problems proposed by the professor. 3 hours of tutorials will be devoted to solve questions and to aim the student on the subjects and problems whose oral presentation will constitute part of the final qualification. Different aspects of the bibliograpy will be discussed with the professor.
The tutoring sessions will be, either presencial, or telematic, when telematic they will require of previous appointment, waht will be also recommended in the case of telematic presential tutoring sessions.
The general evaluation criteria specified in the report of the Physics Degree of the USC will be applied.
The qualification of the students will be carried out through the continuous assessment of the preparation by the student of memories that could be presented before the class and the resolution of problems, as well as the active participation during the classes and the tutorized sessions, and the assistance to the lectures, and trough a final written exam.
The final qualification of the students will be obtained by averaging the mark of the final exam and that of the continuous assesment, whith the mark of the final exam weighting 60%.
The mark of the continuous assessment will be saved until the July session when the student won't pass the subject at the first opportunity, but never for subsequent years.
For the cases of fraudulent realization of problems or other tests, what is contained in the Regulation for the evaluation of the students academic performance and for qualifications revision.
WORK IN THE CLASSROOM OR TELEMATICALLY
Balckboard Classes in Large Group: 24 hours.
Blackboard Classes in Reduced Group: 18 hours.
Tutoring in Very Small Groups or Individualized: 3hours.
Individual Self-study or Study in Group: 50 hours.
Writing of Exercices, Conclusions or other Tasks: 15 hours.
Preparation of Oral Presentations, Debates or Similar: 2,5 hours.
Attendance to and active participation in the lectures, problem classes and tutorials. Recommended subjects to be taken in advance: Quantum Physics I, II and III, Nuclear and Particle Physics, and Quantum Field Theory.
Carlos Miguel Merino Gayoso
Coordinador/a- Department
- Particle Physics
- Area
- Theoretical Physics
- Phone
- 881813993
- carlos.merino [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor
Bernardo Adeva Andany
- Department
- Particle Physics
- Area
- Atomic, Molecular and Nuclear Physics
- Phone
- 881813986
- bernardo.adeva [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor
Miguel Fernandez Gomez
- Department
- Particle Physics
- Area
- Atomic, Molecular and Nuclear Physics
- miguelfernandez.gomez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Xunta Pre-doctoral Contract
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