Unit INTRODUCTION TO ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYSICS

Course
Physics
Study-unit Code
55053606
Location
PERUGIA
Curriculum
Fisica delle particelle elementari
Teacher
Giuseppina Anzivino
Teachers
  • Giuseppina Anzivino
Hours
  • 42 ore - Giuseppina Anzivino
CFU
6
Course Regulation
Coorte 2022
Offered
2022/23
Learning activities
Affine/integrativa
Area
Attività formative affini o integrative
Academic discipline
FIS/04
Type of study-unit
Opzionale (Optional)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
Italian
Contents
Relativistic kinematics. Interactions of particles with matter. Pions and muons. Neutrinos and quarks.
Reference texts
Elementary Particles.
I.S. Hughes B.R. Martin G. Shaw
Particle Physics.
B. R. Martin, G. Shaw
Educational objectives
Give to the student an understanding of the fundamental nature. Knowledge of the basic constituents of the matter and interactions between particles and matter. Be familiar with simple kinematics calculations. Being and introductory course theoretical aspects cannot be treated in a rigorous way.
Prerequisites
Quantum theory and statistical mechanics.
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons
Other information

Learning verification modality
Oral exam
Extended program
Relativistic kinematics: Lorentz transformations for energy and momentum. Invariant mass. Transformation ot he scattering angle.
Interaction of particles with matter: ionization (Bethe-Bloch formula), interaction of electrons and photons (electromagnetic showers, radiation length and critical energy).
Basic concepts: interactions of particles, range of force, Yukawa theory. Pions and muons: prediction of the pi meson, discovery of the pion and of the muon. The neutral pion: determination of the mass and of the lifetime. The spin and the isotopic spin of the pion. Neutrinos and quarks: electron neutrino and further generations. Lepton universtality and decays. Quarks, general properties of the hadrons. Strange particles, charm and beauty.
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