Digital Teaching
 

Course Contents
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[*]Introduction: standard model of particle physics
[*]Symmetries and symmetry groups
[*]The quark model
[*]Relativstic kinematics and relativity; Relativistic wave equations
[*]Scattering processes and decays; Feynman diagrams
[*]Aspects of the strong interaction
[*]Aspects of the weak interaction
[*]Outlook: Gauge theories
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Literature
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[*]F. Halzen, A. Martin, Quarks and Leptons, Wiley
[*]D.H. Perkins,  Introduction to High Energy Physics, Cambridge University Press
[*]D. Griffiths, Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics, Wiley-VCH
[*]Mark Thomson, Modern Particle Physics, Cambridge University Press
[*]further literature in the lecture
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Preconditions
Quantum Mechanics, Classical Field Theory

Expected Number of Participants
ca. 20

Official Course Description
The course and the exercises will be held in English.

The course will provide a phenomenological introduction to theoretical particle physics.

Additional Information
Information regarding the exercises, announcements, and additional lecture material will be provided via the moodle page during the course of the semster.
 

Online Offerings
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Semester: WT 2022/23