Nuclear & particle physics
GRK "Introduction to the Standard Model"
Summer semester 2020
Lecture with tutorials
Course number in the course overview: 110285
Lecturers, organization, dates & exams
Lecturer
Dates & locations
Prerequisites
- Quantum field theory
- Nuclear and particle physics I+II
Contents & literature
Contents of the lecture
- Introduction: Particles, forces, quark model, scattering experiments
- QED: QFT reminder, local U(1), Feynman diagrams, renormalization, experiments
- QCD: SU(3), UV and IR behavior, deep-inelastic scattering, experiments
- Electroweak theory: Fermi model, Higgs mechanism, GSW model, flavor, experiments
Literature
- I.J.R. Aitchison, A.J.G. Hey: Gauge Theories in Particle Physics I+II
- M. Böhm, A. Denner, H. Joos: Gauge Theories of the Strong and Electroweak Interaction
- T.P. Cheng, L.F. Li: Gauge Theory of Elementary Particle Physics
- F. Halzen, A.D. Martin: Quarks and Leptons
- G. Münster: Von der Quantenfeldtheorie zum Standardmodell
- Particle Data Group: Review of Particle Physics. Chin. Phys. C38 (2014) 090001
- M.E. Peskin, D.V. Schroeder: Quantum Field Theory
- P. Schmüser: Feynman-Graphen und Eichtheorien für Experimentalphysiker
- M. Schwartz: Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model
Lecture material
Lecture material will be uploaded on the LearnWeb portal in the Lecture Notes section.
Tutorials
Coordination of the exercises: Dr. Juri Fiaschi
Problem sheets
Exercise sheets will be uploaded on the LearnWeb portal in the Exercise sheets section.