Priv.-Doz. Dr. Sebastian Schätzel

Physikalisches Institut

Master of Science ProgrammeHeidelberg UniversitySummer Semester 2015

Particle Physics (MKEP1)Particle Physics (MKEP1)

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ContentContent Overview of Particle Physics

QED, EM Scattering, Accelerators, Detectors, Weak Interaction, Electroweak Unification, QCD, Proton Structure, CP Violation, Neutrinos

Not from scratch!

Will assume basic knowledge of fundamental forces, leptons, quarks, hadrons and Special Relativity as covered in Heidelberg Bachelor Programme (including lecture PEP5)

Introduce some theoretical concepts

Goal: intuitive understanding of reaction rates and particle detection

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Lecture organisationLecture organisation 10-15 min break after first 45 min of each lecture Figures and Pictures

available from lecture webpagehttp://www.physi.uni-heidelberg.de/~sschaetz/teaching/PP15/

user: student, password: mkep1 Lecture notes

available for the first 6-7 lectures (Theoretical basis and QED) from the lecture webpage

Exercise SheetsExercise Sheets You can work in groups of up to three people and hand in one

solution together (all will get the same score). distributed on Tuesdays, to be handed in the following Tuesday

printed copies in lecture

PDF versions in Übungsgruppenverwaltung 50% of total points required to qualify for exam

ExamExam 2h written exam on Thursday, 23 July 2015 The grade for the lecture will be determined exclusively by the

exam. Procedure:

bring an identity card with picture

aids: A4 sheet (front and backside) with hand-written or printed notes

we provide: electronic calculator (Texas Instruments TI-30 or similar) Clebsch-Gordan elements/d-matrix table sheet with properties of “unusual” particles (kaon, Lambda, …) paper

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TutorialsTutorials Tutorials start after next Tuesday (April 21) Mandatory registration and exercise sheets:

https://uebungen.physik.uni-heidelberg.de/v/515

Thursday: 16h15-18h, Michael Knichel, INF 227 / SR 1.403 Friday I: 11h15-13h, Michel De Cian, INF 501 / FP (R.102) Friday II:15h15-17h, Sevda Esen, INF 227 / SR 3.402

can be moved to Monday 9-11h or 11-13h

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Particle Physics LiteratureParticle Physics Literature Griffiths, Introduction to Elementary Particles, Wiley-VCH,

2008

Mandl/Shaw, Quantum Field Theory, Wiley, 2010

Martin/Shaw, Particle Physics, Wiley, 2008

Perkins, Introduction to High Energy Physics, Cambridge University Press, 2000

Halzen/Martin, Quarks & Leptons, Wiley, 1984

Kleinknecht, Detectors for Particle Radiation, Cambridge University Press, 2008

Grupen, Teilchendetektoren Particle Data Group, Review on Particle Physics, 2014

http://pdg.lbl.gov/