Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics, 2nd edition
Wiley
High Energy Cosmic Rays
Springer
| 32 hrs lecture | Wednesday | 10:30 - 12:15 | HG 00.616 |
| 32 hrs problem session | Thursday | 13:30 - 15:15 | HG 02.052 |
Exam:
Written exam.
Lectures:
| Experimental methods (JRH) | |
| 04.09.2019 | 1. Interactions with matter |
| 11.09.2019 | 2. Detectors |
| Standard model (SC) | |
| 18.09.2019 | 3. Particles, QED, Feynman rules |
| 25.09.2019 | 4. Hadrons and QCD |
| 02.10.2019 | 5. Hadrons and QCD |
| 09.10.2019 | 6. Weak interactions, CP violation |
| 16.10.2019 | 7. Higgs mechanism |
| Astroparticle physics (JRH) | |
| 06.11.2019 | 8. The birth of cosmic rays |
| 13.11.2019 | 9. Cosmic rays in the Galaxy, in the heliosphere, and the Earth magnetic field |
| 20.11.2019 | 10. Cosmic rays at the top of and in the atmosphere |
| 27.11.2019 | 11. Cosmic rays underground - neutrino oscillations |
| 04.12.2019 | 12. Neutrino oscillations |
| Beyond the Standard Model, Dark Matter (SC) | |
| 11.12.2019 | 13. Lambda CDM, Big-bang nucleosynthesis |
| 18.12.2019 | 14. Dark matter - Beyond-the-standard-model reasons |
Problem sessions:
| 05.09.2019 | tutorial 1 |
| 12.09.2019 | tutorial 2 |
| 07.11.2019 | tutorial 8 |
| 14.11.2019 | tutorial 9 |
| 21.11.2019 | tutorial 10 |
| 28.11.2019 | tutorial 11 |
| 05.12.2019 | tutorial 12 |
Teaching assistants: Bjarni Pont b.pont at astro.ru.nl
Literature:
| D. Griffiths Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics, 2nd edition Wiley |
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| T. Stanev High Energy Cosmic Rays Springer |
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