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Elementary particle physics - course description

General information
Course name Elementary particle physics
Course ID 13.2-WF-FizD-EPP-S17
Faculty Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
Field of study Physics
Education profile academic
Level of studies Second-cycle studies leading to MS degree
Beginning semester winter term 2019/2020
Course information
Semester 4
ECTS credits to win 2
Available in specialities Theoretical physics
Course type obligatory
Teaching language english
Author of syllabus
  • prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Urbanowski
Classes forms
The class form Hours per semester (full-time) Hours per week (full-time) Hours per semester (part-time) Hours per week (part-time) Form of assignment
Lecture 30 2 - - Credit with grade

Aim of the course

To acquaint students with the fundamental constituents of matter, their classification and outline the methods of a description of them and a description of their interactions.

Prerequisites

Mathematical analysis, mathematical physics, theoretical and relativistic relativistic, foundations of quantum physics.

Scope

Lectures: Historical development of particle physics - the classification of elementary particles. Symmetries. Models of elementary particles and their classification. Relativistic kinematics. Lagrange function in particle physics, fields, currents, symmetries and conservation laws.

Teaching methods

Conventional lectures

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description Outcome symbols Methods of verification The class form

Assignment conditions

LECTURE: positive assessment of the test.

Recommended reading

[1] D. Griffiths, Introduction to elementary particle physics, Wiley 1987.

[2] G. Kane, Modern elementary particle physics, Adison- Wesley, 1993.

[3] F. Halzen, A. D. Martin, Quarks and leptons: An introductory course in modern particle physics, Wiley 1984.

[4] D. Perkins, Wstęp do fizyki wysokich energii, PWN, 2004.

 

Further reading

[1] J. Karaśkiewicz, Elementy klasycznej I kwantowej teorii pola, UMCS 2003.

Notes


Modified by dr hab. Maria Przybylska, prof. UZ (last modification: 30-04-2020 23:39)