Course Identification

Elementary particles 1
20251072

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Prof. Yosef Nir
Chaitanya Paranjape, Zhaoyu Bai

Course Schedule and Location

2025
Second Semester
Sunday, 09:15 - 11:00, Weissman, Auditorium
Tuesday, 11:15 - 13:00, Drori Auditorium

Tutorials
Wednesday, 14:15 - 16:00,
06/04/2025
08/07/2025

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Physical Sciences: 6.00 points
Chemical Sciences: 6.00 points

Comments

The tutorial will be held in Drori.
The tutorial will be held from 16:00 to 18:00 on the following dates.

April 8 (Tuesday) ; April 22 (Tuesday) ; June 3 (Tuesday) ; June 22 (Sunday)

On the following dates, the tutorial will be held from 14:00 to 16:00.

April 27 (Sunday) ; May 4 (Sunday) ; May 11 (Sunday) ; May 18 (Sunday) ; May 25 (Sunday) ; June 8 (Sunday) ; June 15 (Sunday) ; June 29 (Sunday) ; July 6 (Sunday) ; July 13 (Sunday)


Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

40

Language of Instruction

English

Registration by

27/03/2025

Attendance and participation

Expected and Recommended

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

50%
50%

Evaluation Type

Examination

Scheduled date 1

17/07/2025
Weissman, Seminar Rm A,Weissman, Seminar Rm B
0900-1300
N/A

Scheduled date 2

08/08/2025
Weissman, Seminar Rm A,Weissman, Seminar Rm B
0900-1300
N/A

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

6

Syllabus

1. Lagrangians

2. Abelian symmetries and QED

3. Non-Abelian symmetries and QCD

4. Spontaneous symmetry breaking and the leptonic standard model

5. The Standard Model (SM)

6. Beyond the SM and the SM effective field theory (SMEFT)

7. Electroweak precision measurements

8. Flavor changing neutral currents

9. Neutrino Physics

10. Particle cosmology: Dark matter and the baryon asymmetry of the Universe

Learning Outcomes

  • Good knowledge of the SM
  • Good understanding of the principles of model building in particle physics
  • Appreciation of the SM as a scientific masterpiece

Reading List

N/A

Website

N/A