PHYS-505 / 8 credits

Teacher: Riembau Saperas Marc

Language: English


Summary

The goal of this course is to explain the conceptual and mathematical bases of the Standard Model of fundamental interactions and to illustrate in detail its phenomenological consequences.

Content

- Non-abelian gauge theories

- Higgs mechanism and massive gauge theories

- Quarks and Leptons

- Basic electroweak phenomenology

- The flavour structure: quark masses and mixing

- Strong interactions

- Basic flavour phenomenology

- The Standard Model as an Effective Field Theory

Keywords

fundamental interactions, particle phenomenology, gauge theories, Higgs mechanism

 

Learning Prerequisites

Required courses

Relativistic Quantum Fields I et II, Advanced Quantum Mechanics, Advanced Quantum Field Theory

 

Recommended courses

General Relativity, Cosmology

Expected student activities

Appreciate the conceptual foundations of the Standard Model as a theory of fundamental interactions and quantitavely understand its phenomenological success. Be able to concretely apply the Standard Model theory to the prediction of physical processes.

Assessment methods

The course will have a final oral exam (80% of the final grade). Weekly exercises will complement the evaluation (20%)

Supervision

Office hours Yes
Assistants Yes

Resources

Bibliography

M. Peskin and Daniel Schroeder, An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory

T-P. Cheng and L-F. Li, Gauge Theory of Elementary Particle Physics

 

Ressources en bibliothèque

Moodle Link

In the programs

  • Semester: Fall
  • Exam form: Oral (winter session)
  • Subject examined: The standard model
  • Courses: 3 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Exercises: 1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Type: optional
  • Semester: Fall
  • Exam form: Oral (winter session)
  • Subject examined: The standard model
  • Courses: 3 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Exercises: 1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Type: optional
  • Semester: Fall
  • Exam form: Oral (winter session)
  • Subject examined: The standard model
  • Courses: 3 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Exercises: 1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Type: optional
  • Semester: Fall
  • Exam form: Oral (winter session)
  • Subject examined: The standard model
  • Courses: 3 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Exercises: 1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Type: optional
  • Exam form: Oral (winter session)
  • Subject examined: The standard model
  • Courses: 3 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Exercises: 1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Type: mandatory

Reference week

Tuesday, 13h - 16h: Lecture MAA110

Tuesday, 16h - 17h: Exercise, TP MAA110

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