PHY465 Experimental Astroparticle Physics - Exercises

Exercises

We will post exercise sheets and supporting materials as the course proceeds.

Proposed topics (PDF, 36 KB) for the exams on May 28/29. Select and reserve your favourite by email to Olaf, or let Michelle know during the exercise session on April 1st.

Sheet	Discussion on	Topics
1	Feb 18	Instruments for CR detection Instruments for CMBR detection Friedman equation
2	Feb 25	Rotation velocity Rotation velocity and Dark Matter Energy in the universe Gravitational lensing Mircolensing Neutrinos as Dark Matter candidates
3	Mar 4	Viral theorem Galactic rotation curves Dark matter in galaxies Modified gravity
4	Mar 11	Sun's mass accretion Sun's power and mass loss Charged Earth Electromagnetic cascade GZK cutoff
5	Mar 18	Geomagnetic cutoff Energy loss for muons Compton backscattering Muon energy in pion decay Electromagnetic shower
6	Mar 25	High-energy gammas Cherenkov radiation Solar neutrinos Cosmic muons Cosmic neutrons
7	Apr 1	Requirements for good DM candidates Axion mass Sterile neutrinos WIMP number density
8	Apr 15	The PAMELA positron fraction (PDF, 40 KB) (link to paper and to supplementary material)
9	Apr 22	WIMP capture and annihilation by Sun and Earth (PDF, 77 KB)
10	Apr 29	Missing E_T, missing M_T WIMP pair production in Higgs decay Backgrounds in CMS monojet analysis
11	May 6	Differential WIMP density and collision rate Energy of the recoil nucleus Minimum/maximum WIMP velocity Differential event rate as a function of WIMP energy
12	May 13
13	May 20
14	May 27