Course Identification

Title:

Elementary particles 1

Code:

20231032

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Prof. Yosef Nir

TA's:

Yogev Shpilman, Yehonatan Viernik, Dr. Inbar Savoray

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2023

Semester:

Second Semester

When / Where:

Monday, 09:15 - 11:00, Weissman, Auditorium
Thursday, 09:00 - 10:30, Weissman, Auditorium

First Lecture:

17/04/2023

End date:

21/07/2023

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

13/08/2023

Location

Weissman, Seminar Rm A

Time

0900-1500

Remarks

N/A

Scheduled date 2

Date / due date

20/08/2023

Location

Weissman, Seminar Rm A

Time

0900-1500

Remarks

N/A

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

6

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