Elementary Particle Physics 2015-16

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Syllabus

  • (28/9): Introduction (pdf)
  • Physics of p-p collisions at LHC
    • 1 (29/9), Proton-proton collisions. Introduction to LHC (pdf)
    • 2 (30/9), Hard scattering cross section. Pile-up. Underlying event. parton luminosity (pdf)
    • 3 (5/10), Minimum Bias. Trigger. QCD. (pdf)
    • 4 (6/10), W and Z production. Data/MC Comparison. MET and fake leptons. reducible and irreducible background (pdf)
    • 5 (7/10) Diboson production. MET and lepton isolation. (pdf)
    • 6 (12/10), Top physics: ttbar production (pdf)
    • 7 (13/10), Top physics: top constraints from LEP. single top and ttbar + X production (pdf)
    • 8 (14/10), Higgs boson. production mechanisms and decays (pdf)
    • 9 (20/10), Higgs production and search strategy. Exclusive vs. Inclusive. (pdf)
    • 10 (21/10), Understanding the Higgs exclusion plot (pdf)
    • 11 (26/10), Higgs Discovery (pdf)
    • 12 (27/10), Higgs properties and precision tests. (pdf)
  • B Physics and CP Violation
    • 13 (28/10), CKM Matrix. B decays and measurement of CKM elements (pdf)
    • 14 (2/11), B decays. B physics at B-factories (pdf)
    • 15 (3/11), B reconstruction. Measurement of Vcb andVub. Origin of CP violation in SM. (pdf)
    • 16 (4/11), Direct CP Violation. B0 Oscillation. (pdf)
    • 17 (9/11), Time-dependent CP Violation. Unitaritay triangle. (pdf1)
  • Beyond the Standard Model
    • 18 (10/11), Search for new Physics. Direct and Indirect strategies. Bs→μμ at LHC. Introduction to Supersymmetry. Hierarchy and fine-tuning problems (pdf)
    • 19 (11/11), SUSY Searches at hadron collider (pdf)
    • 20 (16/11), Search for new exotic particles (pdf)
  • Neutrino physics
    • 21 (23/11), Neutrino oscillation. Neutrino sources and spectrum. (pdf)
    • 22 (24/11), Atmospheric anomaly and Solar evidence (pdf)
  • Dark Matter
    • 23 (24/11) , Introduction. Astrophysical evidence (pdf)
    • 24 (25/11) , Direct and Indirect detection. Annual Modulation effect. Dark Matter at hadron colliders (pdf)