Modern Experimental Particle Physics

Lund University FYST17 / LTH EXTP35 course

The course addresses current research topics in particle and astroparticle physics, and will focus on aspects of current and future experiments in the area. The course consists of 2 major parts: Current Front-line Research, and Experiments and Methods, representing 7.5 ECTS credits together.

Spring Term 2013 (VT13)

Introductory meeting: Monday, 21 January 2013 , at 14:15 (H530, Fysikum)
See also the introductory notes.

Lecturers: Oxana Smirnova, Vincent Hedberg, Alessandro de Angelis (contact details)

EXAM: Friday March 22, 9:00-13:00, H322 (see also sample questions)

The course takes place in January - March 2013, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, from 15:15 to 17:00, in H530 (except March 11, when it is in H322). Introductory meeting and sign-up is on January 21 (Monday) at H530, at 14:15 (ca 1 hour), first lecture is on January 25 (Friday).

COURSE SHEDULE

Course material:

• Official course syllabus (PDF)
• 1. Basic concepts, leptons and quarks
• 2. Experimental methods - Accelerators
• 3. Particles interaction with matter and detectors
• 4. Space-time symmetries
• 5. CP Violation
• 6. Quark model: hadron quantum numbers, resonances
• 7. Quark states and colours
• 8. QCD / handouts
• 9 - 10. Weak interactions / handouts
• 11. Neutrino physics / handouts
• 12. Beyond Standard Model / handouts
• 13. ATLAS experiment at CERN
• 14. Computing in High Energy Physics
• 15. Heavy ion physics
• Experimental Astroparticle Physics, part 1
• Experimental Astroparticle Physics, part 2

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• Notes on particle kinematics, cross-sections etc.

Problems:

• Particle physics problems, set 1 (hand in by 2013-02-08)
• Particle physics problems, set 2 (hand in by 2013-02-15)
• Particle physics problems, set 3 (hand in by 2013-03-01)

Previous terms (including FYS225/FKF050)

• Spring term 2012
• Spring term 2011
• Spring term 2010
• Spring term 2009
• Spring term 2008
• Spring term 2007
• Spring term 2006
• Spring term 2005
• Spring term 2004
• Spring term 2003
• Complete lecture notes of spring 2002 (PDF)
• Complete lecture notes spring 2001 (PDF file)
• Video recorded lectures from 2002 and 2003 are available at http://www.hep.lu.se/lectures/fys225/