The course introduces our current understanding of fundamental physics as encoded in the standard model, and the basic theoretocal and experimental techniques used in current particle-physics research.
- Prerequisites – special relativity, symmetries
- Introduction to basic concepts and the standard model
- Properties of decays and cross sections
- Interactions of particles with matter
- Particle accelerators and detectors
- Quantum relativistic equations (Dirac, Klein-Gordon)
- Lagrangians, gauge interactions and the Higgs mechanism.
- Physics beyond the standard model
- Nuclear radioactivity
- Nuclear models and structure