| Nuclear & particle physics
Nuclear & particle physics

Seminar on the theory of particles and fields

Winter semester 2016/2017

Seminar

Course number in the course overview: 116316

  • Organizers, organization & dates

    Organizers

    Dates & locations

    Seminar Wednesday, 10:00–12:00 KP/TP, seminar room 304
    Registration and preparatory meeting: Wednesday, 19.10.2016, 10:15

    Registration and guidance

    Priv.-Doz. Dr. J. Heitger

    ITP, Wilhelm-Klemm-Straße 9, 48149 Münster, room 318
    Tel.: +49 251 83-34948, email: heitger(at)uni-muenster.de

    Certificate of performance

    Presentation and regular participation.

    Requirements

    Quantum theory and statistical physics.

  • Contents & literature

    Cosmology and particle physics

    Topic for winter semester 2016/2017
    Evolution of the universe
    © Uni MS/ITP

    Cosmology describes the physical world at the largest observable length scales, while particle physics deals with the smallest elementary constitutents of matter. A fascinating intersection of these areas are the first seconds after the Big Bang, where many properties of the cosmos were determined through particle physics processes. In some introductory talks, the experimental and theoretical fundamentals of the standard Big Bang model are treated; afterwards, topics like nucleosynthesis (formation of nuclear matter), phase transitions, baryogenesis (formation of the asymmetry between matter and antimatter), inflation, dark matter and dark energy are on the agenda.

    Topics are primarily given out to master’s students. A limited number of topics can possibly also be worked on by bachelor’s students. Thus, we refer to the seminar on the theory of atoms, nuclei and condensed matter at this point, which is targeted exclusively towards bachelor’s students.

    Literature

    • [KT] E.W. Kolb, M.S. Turner: The Early Universe, Addison Wesley, 1991
    • [KZ] H.V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus, K. Zuber: Teilchenastrophysik, Teubner, 1997
    • [Ch] T.-P. Cheng: Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology: A Basic Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2004
    • [BG] L. Bergström, A. Goobar: Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics, Springer, 2004

    The literature is made available to the speakers. Further advice concerning complementary literature is given as part of the talk guidance.

  • Topics & schedule

    Date Topic Speaker
    19.10.2016 Preparatory meeting
    Observable fundamentals of cosmology N.N.
    09.11.2016 Friedmann-Robertson-Walker metric and Friedmann equation Lukas Fisch
    Thermodynamical aspects of the standard model of cosmology N.N.
    30.11.2016 Nucleosynthesis Jonas Schütte
    07.12.2016 Neutrino cosmology Kevin Jürgens
    14.12.2016 Phase transitions Daniel Groll
    11.01.2017 Baryogenesis Jan Honermann
    18.01.2017 Dark matter Marie-Christin Heißenbüttel
    25.01.2017 Structure formation in the universe Tabea Maria Eder
    01.02.2017 Dark energy Florian Sprenger
    08.02.2017 Inflationary universe Tobias Frohoff-Hülsmann
    Cosmic radiation N.N.
    08.02.2017 Video session, after the talk!