Description:

The course provides an easily accessible introduction to elementary particle physics. Development, methods, goals and perspectives of the subject are presented.

Contents:

1. Basic notation in the field, elementary particles and properties, literature
2. Natural system of units, history of the field
3. Main kinematic definitions and relations
4. Cross section and it's calculation in classical physics
5. Sketch of the quantum theory structure, matrix elements and cross sections in quantum theory
6. Relativistic calibration quantum field theory, Feynmann diagrams, renormalization, calibration symmetry, Higgs mechanism
7. Standard model - quantum electrodynamics, Glashow-Weinberg-Salam theory of electroweak interactions, quantum chromodynamics
8. Quark model, hadron description using multiplets of SU(N)
9. Deep inelastic scattering of leptons on nucleons, parton model
10. Theory of elementary particles beyond standard model - Grand unification theory,super-symmetric theory, string theory
11. Passing of radiation through matter, experimental methods in elementary particle physics
12. Main types of detectors
13. ATLAS experiment - research program, description of the detector, structure of incoming data, analysis, obtained results

Recommended literature:

Key references:
[1] K. Nakamura et al.(Particle Data group), The Review of Particle Physics, J. Phys. G 37, 075021 (2010)

Recommended references:
[2] Martinus Veltman, Facts and Mysteries in Elementary Particle Physics,World Scientific 2003
[3] Martinus Veltman, Diagrammatica : The Path to Feynman Diagrams Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge 1994 Transfered to digital printing 2001
[4] Walter Greiner, Berndt Mueller, Quantum Mechanics - Symmetries Springer-Verlag 2001

Keywords:

Quantum mechanics, symmetries, elementary particles, quarks, leptons, Standard Model

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar