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New high energy physics

ВБ 2.3

Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП

Second

2018/2019

3 Semester

3

Know the composition of the Standard Model of Particle Physics. Know the principles of structure and operation of particle accelerators, the parameters of existing accelerators. Know the processes and phenomena of high energy physics in the early universe and in astrophysical objects. Know the modern problems of high energy physics and approaches to their solution. Know the prospects for the development of accelerator technology and means of astrophysical observations. Determine the kinematics of the processes of interaction between elementary particles using the methods of special theory relativity. Calculate the cross sections of elementary processes in high-energy physics using the methods of quantum field theory. Solve problems related to the phenomena and processes of elementary particle physics in the early universe and astrophysical objects. Analyze data from experiments in high-energy physics, presented graphically or otherwise.

Full-time form

1. Know the basics of classical and quantum mechanics, electrodynamics, thermodynamics and statistical physics, special theory of relativity and particle physics. 2. Solve problems in various sections of general and theoretical physics, plan your own work and evaluate its results and consequences. 3. Have the skills to work with scientific literature, prepare reports, interact with colleagues during training.

1. Standard model of elementary particle physics, types of fundamental interactions. 2. Particle accelerators. Development of acceleration technology. 3. Large Hadron Collider (LHC), its parameters. LHC experiments, their goals and results. 4. Projects of future accelerators and experiments. 5. Modern problems of elementary particle physics: the nature of the neutrino mass, the explanation of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon, the violation of lepton universality. 6. Stages of evolution of the universe. Phenomena and processes of elementary particle physics in the early universe. 7. Photons, neutrinos and cosmic rays of high energies, their sources, mechanisms of generation, propagation in the interstellar and intergalactic environment, the principles of detection. 8. Modern observatories that allow you to register high-energy particles of cosmic origin. Development of observational technology.

1. Langacker P. The Standard Model and Beyond. – New York: CRC Press, 2000. – 664 p. 3. Perkins D.H. Particle Astrophysics. – Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. – 340 p. 4. Perkins D.H. Introduction to High Energy Physics. – Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. – 442 p. 5. Grupen C. Astroparticle Physics. – Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2005. – 442 p.

Lectures, independent work.

Tests, thematic control of independent work, oral reports, examination work.

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