| Course title | Introduction to the Standard Model of Elementary Particles |
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| Course code | SLO/UMECX |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture + Lesson |
| Level of course | Master |
| Year of study | 1 |
| Semester | Summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 6 |
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Status of course | Compulsory-optional |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
| Lecturer(s) |
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| Course content |
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1. Strange particles, mesons, baryons, resonances, quark model. 2. Cabbibo angle, evidence for c quark, GIM mechanism. 3. Evidences and discoveries of c, b and top quarks, CKM matrix. 4. Symmetries, their violation, conservation laws. 5. Beta decay, charged pion decay, parity violation. 6. Fermi's effective theory of weak interactions. 7. Quantum electrodynamics (QED), Feynman diagrams. 8. Neutral mesons oscillations, CP violation. 9. Proton structure, deep inelastic scattering, parton model, strong interactions, parton distribution functions, factorization, hadronic jets, running coupling constant of quantum chromodynamics (QCD). 10. Leptons and neutrinos, electroweak interactions, intermedial vector boson, weak neutral currents. 11. Physics of Z and W bosons and their decays. 12. Characteristics of the Higgs boson, associated production of bosons. 13. Neutrino oscillations, neutrino masses, PMNS matrix. 14. Possible extensions of the Standard Model, evidence and possible detection of dark matter.
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
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| Learning outcomes |
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The aim is to provide students with an introduction to the standard model of lementary particles from theorerical, experimental and historical aspects.
Knowledge: Recognize he historical evolution as well as modern formulation of the Standard Model. Describe basic principles, symmetries, particle content and interactions as well as the importance of key discoveries. Discuss why the SM is probably not a complete theory. |
| Prerequisites |
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Not specified.
SLO/FVEX |
| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Mark
Class attendance. Knowledge of the course topics, ability to discuss about the course topics in wider contexts. |
| Recommended literature |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Science | Study plan (Version): Applied Physics (2019) | Category: Physics courses | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer |