Course Identification

Elementary particles II, student seminar - Part 2
20201131

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Prof. Gilad Perez, Prof. Yosef Nir, Prof. Shikma Bressler
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Course Schedule and Location

2020
First Semester
Sunday, 11:15 - 13:00, Weissman, Aquarium, 2nd floor
03/11/2019

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Physical Sciences: Lecture; Elective; Regular; 2.00 points
Chemical Sciences: Seminar; Elective; Regular; 2.00 points

Comments

* On December 1st,the course will be held at Weissman Seminar Room B

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

50

Language of Instruction

English

Attendance and participation

Obligatory

Grade Type

Pass / Fail

Grade Breakdown (in %)

100%

Evaluation Type

Seminar

Scheduled date 1

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Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

1

Syllabus

  1. The SM & its accidental symmetry structure, plus technical naturalness & the LEP paradox & some Higgs physics. 
  2. Supersymmetry some basics & phenomenology.           
  3. Extra dimension physics with emphasis on warped models & composite Higgs.
  4.  Collider phenomenology.
  5. If time permits: relaxion stuff and other recent developments. 

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course the students will be able to:  

Acquire some of the basic knowledge related to modern particle physics.

Reading List

An updated list will be given a few weeks before the beginning of the semester.

However, relevant material can be found in the following books and review papers: 

  • T.P. Cheng and L-F. Li, Gauge theory of elementary particle physics, 
  • V. Barger and R. Phillips, Collider physics 
  • S. Novaes, Standard model: An Introduction, hep-ph/0001283 
  • S. Dawson, Introduction to electroweak symmetry breaking hep-ph/9901280 
  • S. Dawson, Tasi lectures http://quark.phy.bnl.gov/~dawson/tasi06.html 
  • W. Hollik, Electroweak theory hep-ph/9602380 
  • J. Wells, Introduction to precision EW analysis hep-ph/0512342
  • Gustavo Castelo Branco, Luís Lavoura & João Paulo Silva, CP Violation.
  • Yosef Nir, CP violation: A New erahep-ph/0109090.
  • Oram Gedalia and Gilad Perez, TASI 2009 Lectures - Flavor Physics, 1005.3106 [hep-ph].
  • Stephen Martin, A Supersymmetry primer, hep-ph/9709356
  • Jan Louis, Ilka Brunner and Stephan J. Huber, The supersymmetric standard model, hep-ph/9811341

 

Website

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