Course Identification

Title:

Elementary particles 1

Code:

20221072

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Prof. Yosef Nir

TA's:

Dr. Yogev Shpilman, Dr. Inbar Savoray, Yehonatan Viernik

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2022

Semester:

Second Semester

When / Where:

Monday, 09:15 - 11:00, Drori Auditorium
Thursday, 09:15 - 11:00, Weissman, Auditorium

First Lecture:

31/03/2022

End date:

19/08/2022

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Physical Sciences: Lecture; Elective; Regular; 6.00 points
Chemical Sciences: Lecture; Elective; Regular; 6.00 points

Comments

On May 16 the lecture will be held at seminar room A.

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

Participants:

40

Language of Instruction

English

Attendance and participation

Expected and Recommended

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

Assignments:

50%

Final:

50%

Evaluation Type

Examination

Scheduled date 1

Date / due date

05/08/2022

Location

N/A

Time

0900-1300

Remarks

N/A

Scheduled date 2

Date / due date

16/08/2022

Location

N/A

Time

0900-1300

Remarks

N/A

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

6

Syllabus

1. Symmetries and their consequences

2. The electron and electromagnetic interactions

2. Quarks and strong interactions

3. Leptons and electroweak interactions

4. The Standard Model

5. Electroweak precision measurements

6. Flavor physics

7. Neutrino physics

8. Cosmological tests

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to:

Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the Standard Model, construct extensions of it, extract the particle spectrum, type of interactions and accidental symmetries of the model, and calculate the rates of various relevant processes.

Reading List

N/A

Website

N/A