Problems of searching for dark matter

Course: High Energy Physics

Structural unit: Faculty of Physics

Title
Problems of searching for dark matter
Code
ОК5
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
1 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
1. Assimilation of the main methods and knowledge about dark matter and interaction 2. The detection of detectors in the registration of the distribution of nuclei in the range of tens-hundreds of kilovolts.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
•Successful study of general courses "Physics of the atomic nucleus and elementary particles", “Astrophysics”.
Course content
providing students 1. the necessary theoretical information on basic knowledge about the properties of hypothetical dark matter; 2. the necessary information on the basic ideas of its experimental observation in modern high-energy physics; 3. practical skills for participation in modern experiments: the theory of gravitation and the Standard Model, modern experiments in the search for dark matter, the physics of WIMP-particles.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Donald H. Perkins: INTRODUCTION TO HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 4th edition (Cambridge University Press 2000) (level of this course, для студентів старших курсів Оксфорда та аспірантів: for advanced undergraduates and introduction text for graduate students) (є переклад на російську 1-го видання) 2. F.Halzen & A.Martin: Quarks and Leptons, (John Wiley 1984), (good graduate level, textbook above level of this course)(є переклад на російську 1-го видання) 3. B.R. Martin & G. Shaw: Particle Physics, 3rd edition (Wiley 2008) (level of this course) (є переклад на російську 1-го видання) 4. Ernest M. Henley & Alejandro Garcia: SUBATOMIC PHYSICS, 3rd Edition (World Scientific Publishing 2007). (The level of presentation is aimed at the senior undergraduate or first-year graduate student).(є переклад на російську 1-го видання)
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture demonstration; hands-on classes; independent student work; consultations.
Assessment methods and criteria
Semester grading: 1. Polls during lecturing (max. – 30 out of 100). 2. Modular tests (max. – 30 out of 100). 3. Final evaluation in the form of a test (max. –40 out of 100).
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Volodymyr Yegorovich Aushev
Department of Nuclear Physics and High Energies
Faculty of Physics
Yuri Mykolayovych Onishchuk
Department of Nuclear Physics and High Energies
Faculty of Physics