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PHY211 Kern- und Teilchenphysik I

General Information

Lecture: Prof. Laura Baudis
Assistant: Dr. Jose Cuenca
Exercises/tutorials:

Dr. Sofia Calgaro

Dr. Florian Joerg

Lab course:

Dr. Anna Macchiolo

Dr. Stefanis Leontsinis

Lecture: Wednesdays 10:15 - 12:00, in Y16 G05
Fridays 10:15 - 12:00, in Y16 G05
Exercises/tutorials

Fridays 10:15 - 12:00, in xxx and yyy

Start: Friday, September 26, 2025

Literature

Modern Particle Physics - Mark Thomson, Cambridge University Press

Particles and Nuclei (Teilchen und Kerne) - Povh, B., Rith, K., Scholz, C., Zetsche, F., Springer

Elementarteilchenphysik - Christoph Berger, Springer

Nuclear and Particle Physics - B. R. Martin, Wiley

Introduction to Elementary Particles - David Griffiths, Wiley

Particle Physics - B. R. Martin, G, Shaw, Wiley

Grades

To be eligible for the exam, regular attendance in exercise sessions is required, 60% grade in exercises, and at least one demonstration of exercise on the blackboard. The grade will be from the written exam.

Lecture notes and exercises

The lecture notes, as well as the exercise problems and solutions are provided on OLAT.

Lecture topics

 

Date Lecture/exercise

17.09.25

Organisation; Introduction to lab course

19.09.25

Introduction, basic concepts

24.09.29

Natural units and forces as quantum fields

26.09.25

Exercise 1

01.10.25

Interactions and Feynman diagrams

03.10.25

Scattering processes and decay rates

08.10.25

Nuclear shapes, sizes and properties

10.10.25

Exercise 2

15.10.25 Elastic scattering on nucleons
17.10.25 Deep inelastic scattering and structure functions
22.10.25 Properties of nuclei, nuclear stability
24.10.25 Exercise 3
29.10.25 The nuclear force and nuclear models
31.10.25 The nuclear shell model
05.11.25 Accelerators
07.11.25 Exercise 4
12.11.25 Particle identification
14.11.25 Detectors
19.11.25 Quarks, gluons and strong interaction
21.11.25 Exercise 5
26.11.25 Hadrons
28.11.25 Particle production in e+e- collisions
03.12.25 Symmetries and conservation laws
05.12.25 Exercise 6
10.12.25 Dirac equation
12.12.25 Introduction to the weak interaction
17.12.25 Parity violation
19.12.25 Exercise 7

Exam

- Written exam

- Date: January 14, 2025 

- Time: 10.00-12.00

- Location: Y16 G05

Lab course

Please note that the lab course is a separate module (PHY221) for which you have to sign up separately. It consists of setting up a small experiment (either "Angular Distribution" or "Positronium"), collecting data,  analyzing the data and writing a report.

The experiments will take place during the semester, in rooms Y 11 G 48 (Angular Distribution) and Y 11 G 40 (Positronium).

To prepare, please see the Introduction to the lab course, and consult the manuals:

In case of questions, please contact Anna Macchiolo