PHY563 Standard Model and Beyond
General Information
| Lecturer: | Prof. Gino Isidori Y36 J82 |
| Assistants: | |
| Module Code: | PHY563, 402-0895-00L |
| ECTS Credits: | 6 |
Description
- The Fermi theory of weak interactions
- The Standard Model (SM)
- Electroweak precision tests of the SM
- Higgs physics
- Flavour physics
- Neutrino physics
- The main open problems of the SM
- The SM as an effective theory
Timetable
Lectures + Exercises (start 20.02.25)
Thursday 09:45-12:30 in HCI H 2.1 (ETH Hönggerberg campus)
N.B.: By default there will be 2 hours of lectures followed by 1 hour of exercises; however, in some cases this separation may change. Specifically, on the first two weeks (20.02 and 27.02) there will be 3 hours of lectures and no exercises.
Lecture Details
| Lecture | Date | Handwritten notes |
|---|---|---|
| Lecture 1 | 20.02.2025 | |
| Lectures 2 & 3 | 27.02.2025 | |
| Lecutre 4 | 20.03.2025 | Notes, sect. 5 (PDF, 3 MB) |
| Lecture 5 | 27.03.2025 | Notes, sect. 6 (PDF, 2 MB) |
| Lecture 6 | 03.04.2025 | Notes, sect. 7.1-7.4 (PDF, 4 MB) |
| Lecture 7 | 10.04.2025 | Notes, sect. 7.5-7.6 (PDF, 4 MB) |
| Lecture 8 | 17.04.2025 | Notes, sect. 7.7-7.9 (PDF, 2 MB) |
| Lecture 9 | 08.05.2025 | Notes, sect. 8.1-8.3 (PDF, 3 MB) |
| Lecture 10 | 15.05.2025 | Notes, sect. 8.4 (PDF, 4 MB) |
| Lecture 11 | 22.05.2025 | Notes, sect. 9 (PDF, 3 MB) |
Exercise Details
| Exercise set | Correction date | Correction notes |
|---|---|---|
| Set n. 1 (PDF, 171 KB) | 06.03.2025 | Solutions set n.1 (PDF, 236 KB) |
| Set n. 2 (PDF, 199 KB) | 13.03.2025 | Solutions set n.2 (PDF, 8 MB) |
| Set n. 3 (PDF, 115 KB) | 20.03.2025 | Solutions set n.3 (PDF, 162 KB) |
| Set n. 4 (PDF, 153 KB) | 27.03.2025 | Solutions set n.4 (PDF, 2 MB) |
| Set n. 5 (PDF, 170 KB) | 03.04.2025 | Solutions set n.5 (PDF, 200 KB) |
| Set n. 6 (PDF, 324 KB) | 10.04.2025 | Solutions set n.6 (PDF, 350 KB) |
| Set n. 7 (PDF, 169 KB) | 08.05.2025 | Solutions set n.7 (PDF, 2 MB) |
| Set n. 8 (PDF, 154 KB) |
15.05.2025 & 22.05.2025 |
Suggested References
- Peskin, M.E. / Schroeder D.V.An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory, Addison-Wesley (1995)
- R. Barbieri, Ten Lectures on the ElectroWeak Interactions 0706.0684
- P. Langacker, Introduction to the Standard Model and Electroweak Physics 0901.0241
- J.F. Donoghue, E. Golowich, B.R Holstein, Dynamics of the Standard Model (Cambridge University Press, 2014)
- Y. Grossmann and Y. Nir, The Standard Model (Princeton University Press, 2023)