Unit ADVANCED PARTICLE PHYSICS

Course
Physics
Study-unit Code
GP005516
Location
PERUGIA
Curriculum
Fisica delle particelle elementari
Teacher
Valentina Mariani
Teachers
  • Valentina Mariani
  • Livio Fano' (Codocenza)
Hours
  • 40 ore - Valentina Mariani
  • 2 ore (Codocenza) - Livio Fano'
CFU
6
Course Regulation
Coorte 2022
Offered
2023/24
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/English
Contents
Specific insight in particle physics
Reference texts
Provided by the teacher
Educational objectives
A more in depth understanding of the main open topics in Particle Physics
Prerequisites
It is strongly suggested to have passed the "Elementary Particle Physics" exam.
Teaching methods
Lessons and seminars.
Other information
suggested skills: subatomic physics, field theory and elementary particle physics
Learning verification modality
Students will be requested to:
1) during the course: provide a presentation to the classroom based on one of the arguments discussed during the first half of the study program
2) end of the course: provide a written report starting from a scientific publication choosen by the teacher
3) oral test
Extended program
The aim of the course is to provide a more in depth understanding of the major items covered by the course on Elementary Particle Physics of the previous year. The main emphasis is on the phenomenological studies that can shed light on New Physics beyond the Standard Model. In particular there will be a discussion of the experiments, both at the energy frontier and at the precision frontier, complementary for a better understanding of the Physics at the TeV scale and the test of the theoretical model proposed. Main topics covered will be:
Higgs searches at the LHC: main decay channels, determination of the quantum numbers and the other properties of the Higgs boson.
Beauty and top quarks Physics at the LHC
Lepton flavor violation
Neutrino masses and oscillations
A series of seminars will cover the activities of the groups working at Perugia, so that the students may be helped in choosing a subject for their thesis.
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