COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Course Name
Introduction to Particle Physics II
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
PHYS 402
Fall/Spring
2
2
3
5
Prerequisites
 PHYS 401To get a grade of at least FD
Course Language
English
Course Type
Elective
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives To understand the most underlying principles of the nature’s functioning by learning elementary particles and their interactions.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • will be able to calculate weak interactions of quarks and leptons.
  • will become aware of solar neutrino problem and neutrino oscillations.
  • will be acquainted with neutrino experiments.
  • will be able to ponder on the question of why matter-antimatter deficit occur during creation of universe.
  • will be able to discuss origins of the matter-antimatter oscillation on strange mesons.
  • will be able to interpret electromagnetic theory and weak theory unification.
  • will be able to explain origin of the mass.
  • will be able to discuss the unsolved questions of the particle physics.
Course Description The subjects of weak interactions of quarks and leptons, neutrinos and their oscillations, CP violation and hadronic weak interactions, electroweak unification, Higgs boson, standard model and beyond will be discussed.
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Course Category

 Core Courses
Major Area Courses
X
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 Weak interaction Chap. 11 in Mark Thomson, ”Modern Particle Physics”, 285-298.
2 Weak interaction and weak interaction of leptons Chap. 11 and 12 in Mark Thomson, ”Modern Particle Physics”, 298-318.
3 Weak interaction of leptons Chap. 12 in Mark Thomson, ”Modern Particle Physics”, 319-329.
4 Neutrinos and neutrino oscillations Chap. 13 in Mark Thomson, ”Modern Particle Physics”, 329-350.
5 Neutrinos, neutrino oscillations and CP violation Chap.13 and 14 in Mark Thomson, ”Modern Particle Physics”, 351-367.
6 CP violation and weak hadronic interactions Chap. 14 in Mark Thomson, ”Modern Particle Physics”, 368-383.
7 CP violation and weak hadronic interactions Chap. 14 in Mark Thomson, ”Modern Particle Physics”, 384-401.
8 Electroweak unification Chap. 15 in Mark Thomson, ”Modern Particle Physics”, 402-415.
9 Electroweak unification Chap. 15 in Mark Thomson, ”Modern Particle Physics”, 415-426.
10 Tests of the standard model Chap. 16 in Mark Thomson, ”Modern Particle Physics”, 428-442.
11 Tests of the standard model Chap. 16 in Mark Thomson, ”Modern Particle Physics”, 442-460.
12 The Higgs boson Chap. 17 in Mark Thomson, ”Modern Particle Physics”, 460-476.
13 The Higgs boson Chap. 17 in Mark Thomson, ”Modern Particle Physics”, 477-493.
14 The standard model and beyond Chap. 18 in Mark Thomson, ”Modern Particle Physics”, 494-510.
15 General Course Review
16 Final Exams
Course Notes/Textbooks

Mark Thomson, ”Modern Particle Physics”, Cambridge University Press, 2013
Suggested Readings/Materials

B.R. Martin and G. Shaw, Particle Physics,  (3rd ed.) 

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
2
50
Final Exam
1
40
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
3
60
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
1
40
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
2
32
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
2
Study Hours Out of Class
32
1
32
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
2
15
Final Exams
1
24
    Total
150

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
 Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To be able master and use fundamental phenomenological and applied physical laws and applications,

 X
2

To be able to identify the problems, analyze them and produce solutions based on scientific method,

 X
3

To be able to collect necessary knowledge, able to model and self-improve in almost any area where physics is applicable and able to criticize and reestablish his/her developed models and solutions,

 X
4

To be able to communicate his/her theoretical and technical knowledge both in detail to the experts and in a simple and understandable manner to the non-experts comfortably,

 X
5

To be familiar with software used in area of physics extensively and able to actively use at least one of the advanced level programs in European Computer Usage License,

 X
6

To be able to develop and apply projects in accordance with sensitivities of society and behave according to societies, scientific and ethical values in every stage of the project that he/she is part in,
7

To be able to evaluate every all stages effectively bestowed with universal knowledge and consciousness and has the necessary consciousness in the subject of quality governance,
8

To be able to master abstract ideas, to be able to connect with concreate events and carry out solutions, devising experiments and collecting data, to be able to analyze and comment the results,

 X
9

To be able to refresh his/her gained knowledge and capabilities lifelong, have the consciousness to learn in his/her whole life,

 X
10

To be able to conduct a study both solo and in a group, to be effective actively in every all stages of independent study, join in decision making stage, able to plan and conduct using time effectively.

 X
11

To be able to collect data in the areas of Physics and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1).

 X
12

To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently
13

To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise.

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