Course Identification

Title:

Elementary particles 1

Code:

20211152

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Prof. Yosef Nir

TA's:

Dr. Inbar Savoray, Dr. Aviv Shalit, Dr. Oz Davidi, Yehonatan Viernik

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2021

Semester:

Second Semester

When / Where:

Monday, 09:15 - 11:00
Thursday, 09:15 - 11:00

First Lecture:

05/04/2021

End date:

15/07/2021

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

N/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

23/07/2021

Location

FGS, Rm C

Time

0900-1300

Remarks

N/A

Scheduled date 2

Date / due date

16/08/2021

Location

FGS, Rm C

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. 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