Subatomic physics

Lecturer:

Vojtěch Petráček (gar.)

Tutor:

Vojtěch Petráček (gar.), Jan Čepila

Supervisor:

Department of Physics

Synopsis:

The goal of the lecture and the exercise is to learn students the basic knowledge from nuclear and particle physics. Students will improve their knowledge about the mass structure and they will see laws of microcosms, too.

Requirements:

Physical Laboratory 1,2; Experimental Physics 1,2

Syllabus of lectures:

1. History of discoveries of elementary structure

2. Subatomic structure, basic interactions and particles,

3. Discovering subatomic structure,

4. Basics of quantum description,

5. Antiparticles,

6. Leptons,quarks, hadrons,

7. Yukawa model of nuclear forces,

8. Symmetries and conservation laws,

9. Heavy quarks and an experimental road to their discovery,

10. Weak interactions,

11. Unification of electromagnetic and weak interaction,

12. Structure of the nucleon and partons ,

13. Strong interaction,

14. Quark model ,

15. Kinematics ,

16. Particle sources

Syllabus of tutorials:

Examples on certain chapters:

1. History of discoveries of elementary structure

2. Subatomic structure, basic interactions and particles,

3. Discovering subatomic structure,

4. Basics of quantum description,

5. Antiparticles,

6. Leptons,quarks, hadrons,

7. Yukawa model of nuclear forces,

8. Symmetries and conservation laws,

9. Heavy quarks and an experimental road to their discovery,

10. Weak interactions,

11. Unification of electromagnetic and weak interaction,

12. Structure of the nucleon and partons ,

13. Strong interaction,

14. Quark model ,

15. Kinematics ,

16. Particle sources

Study Objective:

Knowledge:

Fundamentals of sub-nuclear physics

Abilities:

Orientation in concepts of subatomic physics and ability to solve problems in this field

Study materials:

Key references:

[1] W.S.C. Williams, Nuclear and Particle Physics, Oxford University Press, 2008

Recommended references:

[2] B. R. Martin, Graham Shaw, Particle Physics, Wiley, 1997

[3] Josef Žáček, Introduction to elementary particle physics, Karolinum, Praha 2005(in Czech)

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

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Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

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The course is a part of the following study plans: