TFNCF0005 Standard Model of Electroweak Interactions

Institute of physics in Opava
summer 2022
Extent and Intensity
4/2/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Josef Juráň, Ph.D. (lecturer)
RNDr. Josef Juráň, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Josef Juráň, Ph.D.
Institute of physics in Opava
Timetable
Mon 8:55–10:30 425, Thu 15:35–17:10 425
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
TFNCF0005/01: Mon 10:35–12:10 425, J. Juráň
Prerequisites (in Czech)
(FAKULTA(FU) && TYP_STUDIA(N))
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
A goal of this course is to provide basic knowledge how to build Standard model of electroweak interactions - the theory based on gauge symmetries. The course is lectured from historical and phenomenological point of view.
Learning outcomes
Upon successful graduation from the subject, a student will be able to understand construction principles of theories based on gauge symmetries; to construct a model with required symmetries; to understand Standard model of electroweak interactions at basic level.
Syllabus
  • Main topics:
    • Beta decay. Fermi theory and its generalization.
    • Difficulties of Fermi-type theory. Intermediate bosons.
    • Gauge theories. Symmetry and interaction. Abelian and non-abelian gauge invariance.
    • Yang-Mills field. Spontaneous symmetry breaking.
    • Higgs mechanism. Goldstone bosons. Interaction of higgs field. • Gauge model with one lepton family and one quark family.
    • Multigeneration model. GIM construction (Glashow, Iliopoulos, Maiani). CKM matrix (Cabibbo, Kobayashi, Maskawa).
    • Standard model of electroweak interactions. Lagrangian. R-gauges and gauge independence. Unitaty gauge. Feynman rules.
    • Charged and neutral currents, custodial symmetry. Equivalence theorem.
    • Unitarity and renormalization.
    • Vacuum polarization corrections, electroweak precision test (EWPT). • Theories beyond the Standard model.
    • Effective extensions of the Standard model.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Hořejší J. Elektroslabé sjednocení a stromová unitarita: nestandardní úvod do standardního modelu. Karolinum, 1993. ISBN 80-7066-674-9. info
  • Hořejší J. Fundamentals of Elektroweak Theory. Nakladatelství Karolinum, 2002. ISBN 8024606399. info
  • Burgess C. P., Moore G. D. The Standard Model: A Primer, Cambridge, 2007
  • Aitchison I. J. R., Hey A. J. G. Gauge Theories in Particle Physics: A Practical Introduction, Volume 2: Non-Abelian Gauge Theories: QCD and The Electroweak Theory, CRC Press, 2013
  • Guidry M. Gauge Field Theories. John Wiley & Sons, 1991. ISBN 047135385X. info
  • Schwartz M. D. Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model, Cambridge, 2014
  • M. Peskin, D. V. Schroeder. An introduction to quantum field theory. Addison-Wesley, 1995. info
  • Quigg Ch. Gauge Theories of the Strong, Weak, and Electromagnetic Interactions, Princeton, 2013
Teaching methods
Monological (lecture, briefing)
Tutorial
Students' self-study
One-to-One tutorial
Assessment methods
homework
random test
written test
oral and written exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms summer 2021, summer 2023, summer 2024, summer 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (summer 2022, recent)
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