Course Identification

Title:

Elementary particles 1

Code:

20261082

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Prof. Yosef Nir

TA's:

Zhaoyu Bai, Chaitanya Paranjape

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2026

Semester:

Second Semester

When / Where:

Sunday, 09:15 - 11:00, Weissman, Auditorium
Tuesday, 09:15 - 11:00, Weissman, Auditorium

Tutorials
Sunday, 14:15 - 16:00, Weissman, Seminar Rm A

First Lecture:

12/04/2026

End date:

30/06/2026

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

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

Comments

On May 10 and June 21 the tutorial will take place at WSoS room B.

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

Participants:

40

Language of Instruction

English

Registration by

Registration By:24/03/2026

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

08/07/2026

Location

WSoS, Rm B,WSoS, Rm C

Time

0900-1500

Remarks

N/A

Scheduled date 2

Date / due date

18/08/2026

Location

Weissman, Seminar Rm A,Weissman, Seminar Rm B

Time

0900-1500

Remarks

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. Higgs decays

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