This course follows up on the introductory course on particle physics that is given yearly in the Spring semester.
The framework in which particle physics is formulated and understood is introduced and the basic concepts that allow to understand particles and their interactions from first principles are discussed.
Chapter I – Particles and interactions
Cross sections
Fermi’s golden rule
Interaction cross section
Interaction by particle exchange
Feynman diagrams
Yukawa potential
Discovery of the pion
Cross sections
Fermi’s golden rule
Interaction cross section
Interaction by particle exchange
Feynman diagrams
Yukawa potential
Discovery of the pion
Chapter 2 – Particles and AntiParticles
The Dirac equation
Antiparticles
Discovery of the positron
Spin and helicity
Chirality
Pion decay
The Dirac equation
Antiparticles
Discovery of the positron
Spin and helicity
Chirality
Pion decay
Chapter 3 – Physics at Lepton Colliders
Fermion-fermion scattering
Feynman rules
Positron-electron colliders
The e+e- → 𝜇+𝜇- cross section
Discovery of the tau lepton
Fermion-fermion scattering
Feynman rules
Positron-electron colliders
The e+e- → 𝜇+𝜇- cross section
Discovery of the tau lepton
Muon and tau decays
Hadronic R–ratio
Discovery of the gluon
Resonances
Discovery of the gluon
Resonances
Chapter 4 – Hadrons: Mesons and Baryons
Mesons as bound qq̅–states
Symmetries and conservation laws
Mesons as bound qq̅–states
Symmetries and conservation laws
Chapter 5 – The Standard Model
Symmetries at the base of the Standard Model
U(1) → Quantum Electrodynamics — QED
U(1)Y × SU(2)L → Electroweak unification
SU(3)C → Quantum Chromodynamics — QCD
The Brout–Englert–Higgs Mechanism
The End and open questions
Symmetries at the base of the Standard Model
U(1) → Quantum Electrodynamics — QED
U(1)Y × SU(2)L → Electroweak unification
SU(3)C → Quantum Chromodynamics — QCD
The Brout–Englert–Higgs Mechanism
The End and open questions
- Teacher: Hans Peter Beck
- Teacher: Augustin Muster
- Non-editing teacher: Manuel Helfer