Course Identification

Title:

Elementary particles 1

Code:

20201102

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Prof. Yosef Nir

TA's:

Dr. Inbar Savoray, Gilad Sade, Dr. Oz Davidi, Dr. Aviv Shalit

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2020

Semester:

Second Semester

When / Where:

Monday, 09:15 - 10:45, Weissman, Auditorium
Thursday, 09:15 - 10:45, Drori Auditorium

Tutorials
Thursday, 11:15 - 13:00,

First Lecture:

20/04/2020

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

Will be taught via Zoom starting April 19th.
*On May 25th the lecture will be held at Drori.
*On June 29th the lecture will be held at Drori.

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

Participants:

30

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

23/08/2020

Location

N/A

Time

0900-1300

Remarks

N/A

Scheduled date 2

Date / due date

28/08/2020

Location

N/A

Time

0900-1300

Remarks

N/A

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

4

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. Dark matter

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