PHY211 Kern- und Teilchenphysik I
General Information
| Lecture: | Prof. Laura Baudis |
| Exercises/tutorials: | |
| Lab course: | |
| 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 Y16 G05 and 36-J-33 Start: Friday, September 25, 2020 |
Literature
Teilchen und Kerne (Particles and Nuclei) - Povh, B., Rith, K., Scholz, C., Zetsche, F., Springer, 9. Auflage
Modern Particle Physics - Mark Thomson, Cambridge University Press
Elementarteilchenphysik - Christoph Berger, Springer, 3. Auflage
Nuclear and Particle Physics - B. R. Martin, Wiley, 2nd edition
Introduction to Elementary Particles - David Griffiths, Wiley, 2nd edition
Particle Physics - B. R. Martin, G, Shaw, Wiley, 4th edition
Grades
To be eligible for the exam, regular attendance in exercise sessions is required, 50% 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 |
|
16.09.20 |
Organisation (PDF, 1 MB); Introduction to lab course (PDF, 1 MB) |
|
18.09.20 |
Introduction, basic concepts |
|
23.09.20 |
Natural units and forces as quantum fields |
|
25.09.20 |
Exercise 1 |
|
30.09.20 |
Interactions and Feynman diagrams |
|
02.10.20 |
Scattering processes and decay rates |
|
07.10.20 |
Nuclear shapes, sizes and properties |
|
09.10.20 |
Exercise 2 |
| 14.10.20 | Elastic scattering on nucleons |
| 16.10.20 | Deep inelastic scattering and structure functions |
| 21.10.20 | Properties of nuclei, nuclear stability |
| 23.10.20 | Exercise 3 |
| 28.10.20 | The nuclear force and nuclear models |
| 30.10.20 | The nuclear shell model |
| 04.11.20 | Accelerators |
| 06.11.20 | Exercise 4 |
| 11.11.20 | Particle identification |
| 13.11.20 | Detectors |
| 18.11.20 | Quarks, gluons and strong interaction |
| 20.11.20 | Exercise 5 |
| 25.11.20 | Hadrons |
| 27.11.20 | Particle production in e+e- collisions |
| 02.12.20 | Symmetries and conservation laws |
| 04.12.20 | Exercise 6 |
| 09.12.20 | Dirac equation |
| 11.12.20 | Introduction to the weak interaction |
| 16.12.20 | Parity violation |
| 18.12.20 | Exercise 7 |
Exam
- Written exam
- Date: January 15, 2020
- Time: 10.00-12.00
- Location: Y16 G05 and Y36 K08
Lab course
The lab course 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:
- Angular Distribution (PDF, 421 KB) (in English)
- Positronium (PDF, 96 KB) (in Deutsch)
In case of questions, please contact Olaf Steinkamp