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Lecturer(s)
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Taševský Marek, Mgr. Ph.D., DSc.
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Řídký Jan, prof. DrSc.
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Černý Karel, RNDr. Ph.D.
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Trávníček Petr, RNDr. Ph.D.
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Vícha Jakub, Ing. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Primary and secondary particle beams and their preparation. 2. Proton structure, deep inelastic scattering. 3. Discovery of c and b quarks. 4. Discovery of weak neutral currents. 5. Discovery of W and Z bosons, their decays. 6. Top quark discovery. 7. Physics at hadron and lepton accelerators, fixed target and collider setups. 8. Detector ensembles for aprticle identification in modern experiments, methods to separate signal from background: Modern tracking detectors and calorimeters. Electrons, muons, hadrons, jets, b-tagging, missing transverse energy. Boosted objects tagging (W, Z, top, Higgs). Forward protons detection, diffraction. Time-of-flight measurement. Signal and background modelling using simulation and data control regions. Cuts in phase space vs. multivariate techniques to separate signal and background. 9. Physics objects calibration in current experiments. Triggering, event selection, luminosity, searches for rare processes, differential cross section measurements. 10. Sources and detection of cosmic rays. 11. Sources and detection of neutrinos.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
- Attendace
- 39 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Exam
- 81 hours per semester
- Homework for Teaching
- 30 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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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.
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Prerequisites
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The subject is oriented to gaining and improving knowledge.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Mark
Research of the scientific literature, discussions about the studied topics.
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Recommended literature
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Bettini A. Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics.
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Griffiths, David. (2012). Introduction to Elementary Particles.
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