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Advanced experimental physics: Particle and astroparticle physics (EV-B)10 ECTS (englische Bezeichnung: Advanced experimental physics: Particle and astroparticle physics)
Modulverantwortliche/r: Stefan Funk, Dozenten der Kern-/Teilchenphysik Lehrende:
Stefan Funk
Start semester: |
SS 2018 | Duration: |
1 semester | Cycle: |
jährlich (SS) |
Präsenzzeit: |
105 Std. | Eigenstudium: |
195 Std. | Language: |
Englisch |
Lectures:
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Advanced experimental physics: Particle and astroparticle physics
(Vorlesung, 4 SWS, Stefan Funk, Thu, Fri, 12:00 - 14:00, HE)
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Advanced experimental physics: Particle and astroparticle physics (Excercise class)
(Übung, 3 SWS, Stefan Funk et al., Thu, 14:00 - 16:00, HE; Fri, 14:00 - 16:00, SRTL (307), SRLP 0.179; Tue, 12:00 - 14:00, HH, SRLP 0.179; starting 17.4.2018)
Inhalt:
Contents:
Interactions and exchange bosons, Feynman diagrams; relativistic kinematics with four-
vectors
Free particles, spatial probability density, charge current density, equation of continuity;
Klein-Gordon equation: Solutions for free particles, energy eigenvalues, interpretation by
Feynman and Stückelberg; scattering on a static potential: Perturbative approach,
transition matrix element, Fermi’s Golden Rule
Maxwell equations in covariant notation; Dirac equation (free particles, gamma matrices,
spin, anti-particles, helicity, charge current density, equation of continuity); electron-
muon scattering: Current-current interaction, photon propagator, Feynman rules, helicity
conservation, spin averaging (without explicit calculation), differential cross section;
electron-positron annihilation to muons or quarks, hadron/muon ratio R; decay width and
its relation to matrix element and phase space factor; higher orders: Anomalous magnetic
moment (g-2), charge renormalisation, running coupling constant
Charged current: (V-A) structure and parity violation, propagator, Fermi constant, quark
mixing: Cabibbo angle, CKM matrix, its complex phase and CP violation, direct and
indirect CP violation; massive neutrinos; Oscillations, PMNS matrix, oscillation
phenomenology of solar, atmospheric and reactor neutrinos
Weak isospin and hypercharge, SU(2)xU(1); electroweak coupling: Weinberg angle, Z-
fermion-couplings
Euler-Lagrange equation, global gauge invariance and current conservation: local gauge
invariance and QED: Mass and interaction terms, photon field, spontaneous U(1)
symmetry breaking; Higgs mechanism for U(1): Gauge freedom, Higgs mass and
interaction terms, masses of U(1)xSU(2) gauge bosons (without explicit derivation); Higgs
coupling to Standard Model particles, Higgs production and decay
Lernziele und Kompetenzen:
Learning goals and competences: Students
Verwendbarkeit des Moduls / Einpassung in den Musterstudienplan: Das Modul ist im Kontext der folgenden Studienfächer/Vertiefungsrichtungen verwendbar:
- Physics (Master of Science): ab 1. Semester
(Po-Vers. 2015s | NatFak | Physics (Master of Science) | Master's examination | Advanced experimental physics)
- Physik (Master of Science)
(Po-Vers. 2010 | NatFak | Physik (Master of Science) | Masterprüfung | Experimentalphysik-Vertiefung)
Studien-/Prüfungsleistungen:
Advanced experimental physics: Particle and astroparticle physics (Prüfungsnummer: 69411)
(englischer Titel: Advanced experimental physics: Particle and astroparticle physics)
(diese Prüfung gilt nur im Kontext der Studienfächer/Vertiefungsrichtungen [1])
- Prüfungsleistung, Klausur, Dauer (in Minuten): 120, benotet, 10 ECTS
- Anteil an der Berechnung der Modulnote: 100.0 %
- Prüfungssprache: Englisch
- Erstablegung: SS 2018, 1. Wdh.: SS 2018 (nur für Wiederholer)
Experimentalphysik-Vertiefung (Prüfungsnummer: 69401)
(englischer Titel: Advanced experimental physics)
(diese Prüfung gilt nur im Kontext der Studienfächer/Vertiefungsrichtungen [2])
- Prüfungsleistung, Klausur, Dauer (in Minuten): 120, benotet, 10 ECTS
- Anteil an der Berechnung der Modulnote: 100.0 %
- Prüfungssprache: Deutsch oder Englisch
- Erstablegung: SS 2018, 1. Wdh.: SS 2018
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