University of Heidelberg

Lecture: Particle Physics WS 16/17 (course MKEP1)



Dates: Tuesday 14:15-16:00 and Thursday 14:15-16:00

Place: INF 227 / HS 1

Date

Topic Tuesday

Date

Topic Thursday

18.10.16

Introduction to Particle Physics

20.10.16

Basic Definitions

25.10.16

Accelerators

27.10.16

Particle Interactions with Matter

01.11.16

no lecture (public holiday)

03.11.16

Detectors I

08.11.16

Detectors II

10.11.16

Particle Zoo + Group Theory

15.11.16

Dirac Equation

17.11.16

Spin and Discrete Symmetries

22.11.16

Scattering Matrix and Symmetries

24.11.16

Resonances and Decays I

29.11.16

Resonances and Decays II

01.12.16

Quantum Electrodynamics I

06.12.16

Quantum Electrodynamics II

08.12.16

QED Processes I

13.12.16

QED Processes II

15.12.16

Nucleon Structure

20.12.16

Structure Functions

22.12.16

QCD and Hadrons

10.01.16

Weak Decays and Interactions I

12.01.16

Weak Decays and Interactions II

17.01.16

Electroweak Physics I

19.01.16

Electroweak Physics II

24.01.16

Standard Model

26.01.16

CKM Matrix

31.01.16

Quark Mixing and CP-Violation

02.02.16

Beyond the Standard Model and Neutrino Physics

07.02.16

no lecture

09.02.16

Examination 14h15

14.02.16

no lecture

16.02.16

no lecture

21.02.16

no lecture

23.02.16

Re-Examination 14h15



Tutorials

Tutorials Coordinator: Dr. Christoph Anders, Email: anders at physi.uni-heidelberg.de

link to excercies

link to Übungsgruppenverwaltung



Literature

Ch. Berger: Elementarteilchenphysik, in German, 3rd edition, 2014 Springer Verlag, 978-3-642-41752-8

M. Thompson: Modern Particle Physics, 2013, engl., Cambridge University Press, ISBN: 978-1107034266

B.R. Martin, Nuclear and Particle Physics, 2009, An Introduction, Wiley, ISBN 978-0-470-74275-4

Povh, Rith et al., Particles and Nuclei, 2008 Springer Verlag

D.Griffth, Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics, 2008, Wiley, ISBN: 978-3527406012

D.H. Perkins, Intorduction to High Energy Physics, Addison Wesley (older standard book)

Schmüser, Feynmann Graphen (Theory book for Experimentalists) Springer Verlag 

Particle Data Group, K.A. Olive et al., Chin. Phys. C, 38, 090001 (2014) and 2015 update [http://pdg.lbl.gov/] 




Online Scripts about Particle Physics

Online Script, TU Muenchen

Online Script, Prof.D. Wegener / Uni Dortmund

Online Script, Prof. J. Mnich / RWTH Aachen

Lecture Notes, Priv. Doz. Dr. Sebastian Schaetzel, Uni Heidelberg 2015