Unit STANDARD MODEL DYNAMICS
- Course
- Physics
- Study-unit Code
- GP005533
- Curriculum
- Fisica teorica
- Teacher
- Simone Pacetti
- Teachers
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- Simone Pacetti
- Hours
- 42 ore - Simone Pacetti
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2019
- Offered
- 2020/21
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Academic discipline
- FIS/02
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- Basic concepts of the Standard Model (SM)
Interactions of the SM
Symmetries and anomalies in the SM
Effective theories
Neutrinos
Low energy QCD
Kaons and flavor Physics
Phenomenological models of QCD
Weak interaction of heavy quarks
The Higgs boson - Reference texts
- "Dynamics of the Standard Model", Second edition
John F. Donoghue, Eugene Golowich and Barry R. Holstein
Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology.
"Gauge Theories of the Strong, Weak, and Electromagnetic Interactions", Second edition,
Chris Quigg
Advanced Book Classics, Westview Press. - Educational objectives
- Deep knowledge of the basic concepts of the Standard Model, of the procedures
used to compute the physical properties of particles and the recent theoretical
and experimental advances, as those connected with the discovery of the Higgs boson. - Prerequisites
- Quantum Field Theory
Particle Physics
Mathematical Physics - Teaching methods
- Frontal lessons
- Learning verification modality
- Oral Exam
- Extended program
- Basic concepts of the Standard Model (SM)
- Gauge symmetries
- Spontaneous symmetry breaking
Interactions of the SM
- QED, QCD and electroweak interactions
- CP violation in the quark sector
Symmetries and anomalies in the SM
- Path integral
- The U(1) anomaly
- Chiral anomalies
Effective theories
- The sigma model
- The effective lagrangian of QED
- Effective lagrangians beyond the SM
Neutrinos
- Lepton mixing
- Neutrino oscillations
Low energy QCD
- Chiral perturbation theory
- Phenomenology of non-perturbative QCD
Kaons and flavor Physics
- CP violation in the kaon sector
- The strong CP problem and the theta parameter
Phenomenological models of QCD
- The quark model for mesons and baryons
Weak interaction of heavy quarks
- Weak decays
- The B e D meson mixing
- The unitary triangle and the CP violation
- Rare decays
The Higgs boson
- Mass and coupling constants
- Contributions to electroweak corrections
- The Higgs potential and the vacuum stability