PHYS546 PARTICLE PHYSICS II
| Course Code: | 2300546 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Physics |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. TAHMASIB ALIYEV |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, students will learn:
- main elements of non-Abelian gauge theories and Quantum Chromodynamics in particular
- phenomenology of modern weak interaction theory
- the meaning of local gauge symmetriy and its spontaneous breaking
- Higgs mechanism and generation of masses for SM fields
- CP violation and its application in the SM theory
Course Content
Non-Abelian gauge theories; introduction to quantum chrodynamics, phenomenology of weak interactions; hadronic weak current and neutral currents; hidden gauge invariance; spontaneous symmetry breakdown; Hooft's gauges; Glashow-Salam-Weinberg gauge theory of electro-weak interactions; intermediate bosons; Higgs sector; grand unification; supersymmetry.
Course Learning Outcomes
Students, who passed the course satisfactorily will be able to:
- relevant calculations in various weak and strong interaction processes
- perform the color factor calculations in QCD
- undersrand the background field method for obtaining Feynman rules
- compute practically any physical observables
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | They are competent in the fundamentals of Physics and in the subfield of their thesis work. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | They have necessary skills (literature search, experiment design, project design, etc.) for doing research with guidance of a more experienced researcher. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | They can communicate research results in a proper format (journal article, conference presentation, project report etc.) | ✔ | |||
| 4 | They can learn necessary skills and techniques (theoretical, experimental, computational etc.) on their own. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | They have necessary skills to work as team member in a research group. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution