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Introductory Course on Particle and Nuclear Physics

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III X2 Altbau 209 (MPE, Garching, Gießenbachstraße)

III X2 Altbau 209

MPE, Garching, Gießenbachstraße
Stephan Paul (TUM, E18)
Description
This lecture is organized by Cluster Coordinator Prof. Dr. Stephan Paul and gives a brief overview of particle physics for astrophysicists. The important concepts of particle physics are discussed, some principle of key measurements and experimental techniques. Examples for applications in astrophysics are outlined. Special emphasis is put on items particularly important with direct impact on astrophysics and cosmology like neutrino physics, element formation and dark matter. The lectures is largely presented via powerpoint slides available to the audience as PDF. Emphasis is put on discussing questions, and on conceptual issues of particle and nuclear physics. Thus, pure up-front lecturing will be interleaved with joint discussion with students. Attendance for PhD students and postdocs of the Excellence Cluster Universe working in the field astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology is obligatory. Everybody is welcomed.
Particle Physics (part 1)
Particle Physics (part 2)
Particle Physics (part 3)
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  • Wednesday 19 September
    • 1
      Coffee and Brezen
    • Discussion
    • Lecture 1: Introduction

      Goals in particle physics, relation between particle physics and astrophysics, building blocks of matter

    • 12:15
      Lunch break
    • Lecture 2: Interactions (part 1)

      What is an interaction?, Feynman diagrams, exchange particles, characteristics of different interactions, theory (part 1)

    • 14:15
      coffee break
    • Lecture 3: Interactions (part 2)

      What is an interaction?, Feynman diagrams, exchange particles, characteristics of different interactions, theory (part 2)

  • Thursday 20 September
    • 2
      Coffee and Brezen
    • Discussion
    • Lecture 4: Symmetries

      discrete symmetries, continuous symmetries, examples

    • 12:15
      Lunch break
    • Lecture 5: Standardmodel of Particle Physics

      mixing matrix and unitarity, Higgs boson

    • 14:15
      Coffee break
    • Lecture 6: Neutrinos

      properties, experiments, cross sections, oscillations

  • Friday 21 September
    • 3
      Coffee and Brezen
    • Discussion
    • Lecture 7: Matter-antimatter in the Universe

      CP violation: in the meson sector, in the baryon sector, electromagnetic dipole of the neutron, examples; baryon number violation

    • 12:15
      Lunch break
    • Lecture 8: Accelerators

      4-vectors, kinematics: fixed target and collider, examples for hadron colliders and lepton maschines, basics of particle detectors

    • 14:15
      Coffee break
    • Lecture 9: Dark Matter

      association to particle physics, searches, WIMPs: motivation and searches, lightest supersymmetric particle, collider