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Course

PHYS-415: Particle physics I

Lectures in this course (38)

Elastic and Inelastic Scattering

Explores elastic and inelastic scattering in electron-proton interactions at high momentum transfer, Bjorken scaling, and the quark-parton model.

Deep Inelastic Scattering

Explores deep inelastic scattering, kinematics, quark-parton model, structure functions, scaling violations, and proton-proton collisions at the LHC.

Isospin Symmetry in Particle Physics

Discusses isospin symmetry in particle physics, focusing on quarks and baryons' symmetry properties, conservation laws, and Delta resonances.

Particle Physics Overview

Covers general course information, course structure, particle physics questions, and the use of natural and Planck units.

Symmetries and Quark Model

Explores symmetries in particle physics, focusing on the quark model and conservation laws, leading to isospin and flavor symmetry.

Quarks and Mesons: Isospin and Flavor Symmetry

Covers antiquarks, mesons, isospin, ladder operators, and flavor symmetry in quarks and mesons.

Symmetries and Quark Model

Explores symmetries, quark model, meson construction, SU(3) flavor symmetry, baryon formation, and multiplet structures.

Tests of QED at low energy: Anomalous magnetic moment

Explores tests of QED at low energy, focusing on the muon's anomalous magnetic moment and the electron's electric dipole moment.

Symmetries: C/P/T symmetries

Covers the symmetries of empty space, including Parity, Time reversal, and charge conjugation, with examples from Quantum Electrodynamics.

Symmetries in Particle Physics

Explores symmetries in particle physics, covering parity, charge conjugation, fermion quantum numbers, chirality, and their applications in understanding particle interactions.

Precision Tests of QED

Explores precision tests of Quantum Electrodynamics at low energy, focusing on magnetic moments, radiative corrections, and historical measurements.

Experimental Methods at High-Energy Colliders

Explores experimental methods at high-energy colliders, focusing on the CMS detector at CERN's LHC and the reconstruction of stable particles and jets.

Rutherford scattering: Atom's internal structure revealed

Explores the Rutherford scattering experiment, cross sections, kinematics, and nucleus properties, shedding light on the atom's internal structure.

Particle Physics: Standard Model overview

Covers Particle Physics, elementary particles, fundamental forces, the Standard Model, and precision physics in late 20th-century physics.

Rutherford Scattering: Cross Section Analysis

Explores the analysis of Rutherford scattering cross sections and the measurement of particle properties using detectors and technologies.

Particle Detection: Stable Particles and Lifetime

Explores the detection of stable particles in particle physics experiments, covering observed and unobserved particles, their lifetimes, and the impact of Lorentz boost.

Elementary Particles: Decays and Properties

Explores elementary particle decays, stability, lifetimes, and properties measurement through kinematic reconstruction and experimental examples.

Detectors: Particle Detection and Technologies

Explores particle detection methods, ionization processes, tracking detectors, scintillation, and calorimeters in particle physics experiments.