Study-unit STANDARD MODEL DYNAMICS
| Course name | Physics |
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| Study-unit Code | GP005533 |
| Location | PERUGIA |
| Curriculum | Fisica teorica |
| Lecturer | Simone Pacetti |
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| CFU | 6 |
| Course Regulation | Coorte 2023 |
| Supplied | 2024/25 |
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| Learning activities | Affine/integrativa |
| Area | Attività formative affini o integrative |
| Sector | FIS/02 |
| Type of study-unit | Opzionale (Optional) |
| Type of learning activities | Attività formativa monodisciplinare |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | • The Higgs mechanism • Besic concepts of the Standard Model • The electro-weak interaction • The Quantum Chromodynamics • The anomalies of the Standard Model • Neutrinos • Renormalization |
| Reference texts | "Dynamics of the Standard Model", Second edition John F. Donoghue, Eugene Golowich and Barry R. Holstein Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology. "Gauge Theories of the Strong, Weak, and Electromagnetic Interactions", Second edition, Chris Quigg Advanced Book Classics, Westview Press. |
| Educational objectives | Knowledge of the fundamental concepts of the Standard Model, of the computational procedures, of the main properties of elementary particles and of the most advanced theoretical developments and experimental results. |
| Prerequisites | Quantum Filed Theory. Particle Physics. Mathematical Methods for Physics. |
| Teaching methods | Frontal lessons. |
| Learning verification modality | Oral exam. |
| Extended program | Fundamental concepts of the Standard Model (SM) - Gauge symmetries - Spontaneous symmetry breaking SM interactions - QED, QCD and weak interaction - CP violation in the quark sector Anomalies in the SM - Path integral approach - U(1) anomaly - Chiral anomalies Effective Theories - The sigma model - The QED effective Lagrangian - Other effective Lagrangians of the SM Neutrinos - Leptons mixinig - Neutrinos oscillations Low energy QCD - Chiral Perturbation Theory - Non perturbative QCD Kaon and flavor Physics - CP violation in the kaon system - The strong CP problem Phenomenological models of QCD - The quark model for mesons and baryons |