Course: Diffraction in particle physics

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Course title Diffraction in particle physics
Course code SLO/PGS8D
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Taševský Marek, Mgr. Ph.D., DSc.
  • Černý Karel, RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Goals: introduction to the proces diffraction in particle physics, its phenomenology and experimental observations. 1. Diffraction and analogy with optics 2. Kinematics, Mandelstam variables, energy scales 3. Relativistic S-matrix, scattering amplitude, optical theorem 4. Soft and hard diffraction 5. Regge theory 6. Pomeron 7. Experimental observation of diffraction processes, experimental techniques 8. Diffractive structure functions and factorization violation

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Attendace - 20 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 130 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Students are assumed to master the topics described in the content of the subject.
The obtained knowledge is described and clearly defined in the content of the subject.
Prerequisites
The subject is oriented to gaining and improving knowledge.

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark

Research of the scientific literature, discussions about the studied topics.
Recommended literature
  • Barone, V., Predazzi, E. High-Energy Particle Diffraction.


Study plans that include the course
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