Physics of heavy quarks and leptons

Course: High Energy Physics

Structural unit: Faculty of Physics

Title
Physics of heavy quarks and leptons
Code
ОК7
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2018/2019
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
1 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
6
Learning outcomes
1. The main properties of quarks and leptons and the forces of interaction between them; the concept of flavors; 2. Principles of operation of colliders with hadronic and lepton beams and methods of research on them; 3. The main collaborations that study heavy quarks and leptons and the operation of relevant detectors; 4. Have methods of research and analysis of real data and methods of Monte Carlo simulations; calculation of systematic errors;
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Successful study of all previous courses of high energy physics. 2. Be able to perform calculations and solve problems in particle physics. 3. Have the skills to write computer programs for data analysis.
Course content
These studies are directly related to particle spectroscopy, properties of quarks and interquark forces, and the physics of heavy charged leptons. Theoretical bases of flanour physics are considered, in particular the problem of violation of CP-parity, effective theory of heavy quarks, prediction of phenomena beyond the Standard Model. The combination of heavy and light quarks in the formation of particles is considered. The achievements and contribution to the physics of flavours of the main research centers Fermilab (proton-antiproton collider Tevatron), DESY (electron-proton collider HERA) and CERN (electron-positron collider LEP and hadron collider LHC) are highlighted. students will understand modern areas of research processes with the birth of c and b quarks and tau leptons on colliders, including experiments at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN and the Belle II experiment at the KEK Science Center (Japan), and other accelerator experiments.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
• Donald H. Perkins: INTRODUCTION TO HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 4th edition (Cambridge University Press 2000) • F.Halzen & A.Martin: Quarks and Leptons, (John Wiley 1984), • B.R. Martin & G. Shaw: Particle Physics, 3rd edition (Wiley 2008) • D. Griffiths: Introduction to Elementary Particles, 2nd edition • Ernest M. Henley & Alejandro Garcia: SUBATOMIC PHYSICS, 3rd Edition (World Scientific Publishing 2007). • The Physics of the B Factories. / Ed. A.J. Bevan, B. Golob, Th. Mannel, S. Prell, and B.D. Yabsley // Eur. Phys. J. C74 (2014) 3026, SLAC-PUB-15968, KEK Preprint 2014-3. – 928 p. • The BABAR Physics Book: Physics at an Asymmetric B Factory. – SLAC-R-504, 1998. – 1088 p.
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