UFTFA58 Introduction to Particle Physics II

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2022
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Ing. Peter Lichard, DrSc. (lecturer)
prof. Ing. Peter Lichard, DrSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. Ing. Peter Lichard, DrSc.
Centrum interdisciplinárních studií – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
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
This course focuses on the physics of strongly interacting particles. Attention is paid to the conservation laws in strong interactions and their violation by electromagnetic and weak interactions, as well as to the classification of hadrons and clarification of observed patterns on the basis of the quark-parton model.
Syllabus
  • Charge independence of strong interactions. Experimental indication of the charge symmetry and charge independence in nuclear and particle physics; the SU(2) group, its relation to the group
    O(3) and its representation.
    Strange particles. The discovery of the associated production of strange particles. Definition of strangeness and hypercharge; Gell-Mann and Nishijima formula. Hyperons and cascade hyperons; the meson and baryon octets. The SU(3) group, its irreducible representations, correspondence with the hadron multiplets. SU(3) symmetry breaking, Gell-Mann and Okubo formula. Discovery of the Omega hyperon. Fundamental representation, quarks.
    Kaon decays, Lee and Yang hypothesis. Wu experiment; longitudinal polarization of leptons. Peculiarities in the decays of neutral kaons, the narrow CP-parity states; regeneration and oscillations; violation of the CP invariance.
    Structure of nucleons from the lepton scattering. Elastic scattering of electrons, charge density in nuclei and electromagnetic form factors of nucleons. Deep inelastic scattering of leptons and parton structure of nucleons; quarks as partons; structure functions; momentum carried by quarks as an evidence of the gluon existence.
    Manifestation of the existence of further quarks. Discovery of the J/psi as an indication of the charm quark; mesons with open charm, charmed baryons. Discovery of Upsilon and of the bottom quark. Hadrons with open bottomness. Discovery of the t quark. General form of the Gell-Mann and Nishijima formula.
    Gauge theories. Interaction as a result of the invariance against the local gauge transformation; quanta of the gauge field. Electromagnetic interactions, gauge group U(1) and photon. Electroweak interaction, Standard Model, W and Z bosons. Universality of the weak interaction, CKM matrix. Strong interaction among quarks, color SU(3) group, gluons. The consequences of the non-abelian character of the gauge group. Production of jets in the e+ e- annihilation.

Literature
    recommended literature
  • Close F. Částicová fyzika. Praha, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7363-160-4. info
  • Žáček J. Úvod do fyziky elementárních částic. Nakladatelství Karolinum, 2005. ISBN 9788024611099. info
  • Close F. - Marten M. - Sutton C. The Particle Odyssey. Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN 978-0198609438. info
  • Martin B. R. Particle Physics. John Wiley & Sons, 1995. info
  • Úlehla I. - Suk M. - Trka Z. Atomy, jádra, částice. Academia, 1990. ISBN 8020001352. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, tutorial sessions, regularly assigned and evaluated home tasks.
Assessment methods
Credit
Active participation on tutorial sessions and the timely completion of home tasks is required. Detailed criteria will be announced by the tutorial lecturer. The exam consists of the main written part and a supplemental oral part.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
The attending of lectures is recommended, that of tutorial sessions is compulsory. If a student was absent for serious reasons, the teacher may prescribe him/her an alternative way of fulfilling the duties.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021.
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