FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Department of Physics

PHYS 402 | 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 401 To get a grade of at least FD
Course Language
English
Course Type
Elective
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery Online
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course Problem Solving
Q&A
Role Playing
Lecture / Presentation
Course Coordinator -
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s)
Course Objectives The aim of this course is to describe the underlying principles of the nature’s functioning by teaching elementary particles and their interactions.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • calculate weak interactions of quarks and leptons.
  • describe the solar neutrino problem and neutrino oscillations
  • discuss the outcomes of neutrino experiments.
  • explain why matter-antimatter deficit occur during the formation of the universe.
  • discuss the origins of the matter-antimatter oscillation on strange mesons.
  • describe the unification of electromagnetic theory and weak theory.
  • explain the origin of the mass.
Course Description In this course, 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 of elementary particles and beyond will be discussed.

 



Course Category

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

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Related Preparation
1 Weak interaction Mark Thomson, Modern Particle Physics (Cambridge University Press, 2013). Chapter 11, 285-298. ISBN: 9781107034266
2 Weak interaction and weak interaction of leptons Mark Thomson, Modern Particle Physics (Cambridge University Press, 2013). Chapter 11, 298-318. ISBN: 9781107034266
3 Weak interaction of leptons Mark Thomson, Modern Particle Physics (Cambridge University Press, 2013). Chapter 12, 318-329. ISBN: 9781107034266
4 Neutrinos and neutrino oscillations Mark Thomson, Modern Particle Physics (Cambridge University Press, 2013). Chapter 13, 329-350. ISBN: 9781107034266
5 Neutrinos, neutrino oscillations and CP violation Mark Thomson, Modern Particle Physics (Cambridge University Press, 2013). Chapter 13, 351-367. ISBN: 9781107034266
6 CP violation and weak hadronic interactions Mark Thomson, Modern Particle Physics (Cambridge University Press, 2013). Chapter 14, 368-383. ISBN: 9781107034266
7 CP violation and weak hadronic interactions Mark Thomson, Modern Particle Physics (Cambridge University Press, 2013). Chapter 14, 384-401. ISBN: 9781107034266
8 Electroweak unification Mark Thomson, Modern Particle Physics (Cambridge University Press, 2013). Chapter 15, 402-415. ISBN: 9781107034266
9 Electroweak unification Mark Thomson, Modern Particle Physics (Cambridge University Press, 2013). Chapter 15, 415-426. ISBN: 9781107034266
10 Tests of the standard model Mark Thomson, Modern Particle Physics (Cambridge University Press, 2013). Chapter 16, 428-442. ISBN: 9781107034266
11 Tests of the standard model Mark Thomson, Modern Particle Physics (Cambridge University Press, 2013). Chapter 16, 442-460. ISBN: 9781107034266
12 The Higgs boson - Midterm exam Mark Thomson, Modern Particle Physics (Cambridge University Press, 2013). Chapter 17, 460-476. ISBN: 9781107034266
13 The Higgs boson Mark Thomson, Modern Particle Physics (Cambridge University Press, 2013). Chapter 17, 477-493. ISBN: 9781107034266
14 The standard model and beyond Mark Thomson, Modern Particle Physics (Cambridge University Press, 2013). Chapter 18, 494-510. ISBN: 9781107034266
15 Semester review
16 Final Exams

 

Course Notes/Textbooks

Mark Thomson, Modern Particle Physics (Cambridge University Press, 2013). ISBN: 9781107034266

Suggested Readings/Materials

Brian R. Martin and Graham Shaw, Particle Physics, 4th ed. (Wiley, 2017). ISBN: 9781118912164

 

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 Exams
Midterm
1
40
Final Exam
1
50
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
2
50
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
1
50
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Theoretical Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
2
32
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)
16
2
32
Study Hours Out of Class
14
2
28
Field Work
0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
0
Portfolio
0
Homework / Assignments
0
Presentation / Jury
0
Project
0
Seminar / Workshop
0
Oral Exam
0
Midterms
1
24
24
Final Exam
1
34
34
    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,

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,

9

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

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.

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).

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.

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

 


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