FY545: Particle physics
Study Board of Science
Teaching language: Danish or English depending on the teacher, but English if international students are enrolled
EKA: N500048102
Assessment: Second examiner: Internal
Grading: 7-point grading scale
Offered in: Odense
Offered in: Spring
Level: Bachelor
STADS ID (UVA): N500048101
ECTS value: 5
Date of Approval: 02-10-2019
Duration: 1 semester
Version: Archive
Comment
07008701 (former UVA) is identical with this course description.
The course is given intensively in the first half of the semester.
The course is given intensively in the first half of the semester.
Entry requirements
Academic preconditions
Students taking the course are expected to have knowledge of classical mechanics, the theory of special relativity and introductory quantum mechanics.
Course introduction
At the end of the course the student will have a firm foundation in modern particle physics and phenomenology. The course therefore establishes an important foundation for the student who wishes to continue to study particle physics and relativistic quantum field theory at a higher level.
The course builds on the knowledge acquired in the courses FY504 Classical Physics, FY521 Introductory Quantum Mechanics I and FY522 Introductory Quantum Mechanics II, and gives an academic basis for studying the topics of particle physics, relativistic quantum field theory, astrophysics, and the theory of general relativity and cosmology that are part of the degree.
In relation to the competence profile of the degree it is the explicit focus of the course to:
- Give the competence to understand and describe the world of the elementary particles using the fundamental laws of nature.
- Give skills to identify the fundamental physical interactions and mechanisms that underlie the observed phenomena observed in modern experiments.
- Give knowledge and understanding of elementary particles, the Standard Model and the building blocks of the universe.
Expected learning outcome
The learning objectives of the course are that the student demonstrates the ability to:
- Identify which fundamental interactions that underlie a given phenomena.
- Take advantage of the implications of conserved symmetries.
- Calculate amplitudes and scattering cross sections for several different QED processes.
Content
The following main topics are contained in the course:
- The eightfold way.
- Quarks and leptons.
- Mesons and baryons.
- Relativistic kinematics.
- Symmetries. Both continuous and discrete. Isospin and P, C, and T.
- The Dirac equation, the Klein-Gordon equation and Maxwells equations and gauge invariance.
- Feynman diagrams and Feynman rules.
- Møller and Bhabha scattering. Electron-positron annihilation and creation.
Literature
David Griffiths: Introduction to Elementary Particles.
See Blackboard for syllabus lists and additional literature references.
See Blackboard for syllabus lists and additional literature references.
Examination regulations
Exam element a)
Timing
Spring
Tests
Oral examination
EKA
N500048102
Assessment
Second examiner: Internal
Grading
7-point grading scale
Identification
Student Identification Card
Language
Normally, the same as teaching language
Examination aids
A closer description of the exam rules will be posted under \'Course Information\' on Blackboard.
ECTS value
5
Additional information
The examination form for re-examination may be different from the exam form at the regular exam.
Indicative number of lessons
Teaching Method
At the faculty of science, teaching is organized after the three-phase model ie. intro, training and study phase.
The intro phase consists of lectures in which the central topics of the course are reviewed. This is done both with general theory and via examples. Even though most of the teaching is based on lectures there is a strong focus on involving the students via questions and discussion.
In the tutorials it is expected that the students develop their skills via problem solving and discussions with the teacher and among them selves. The students will often solve problems at the blackboard with the help of everybody else.
Activities during the study phase: Problemsolving.