Elementary Particle Physics 2015-16
Sondaggio
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modulo di sondaggio
Suggested textbooks
The Experimental Foundations of Particle Physics, 2nd Edition ,
R. N. Cahn and G. Goldhaber, Cambridge university press
Quantum chromodynamics ,
Dissertori, Knowles, Schmelling, Oxford university press
Perspectives on LHC Physics ,
G. Kane and A. Pierce, World Scientific
Weak scale supersymmetry ,
H. Baer and X. Tata, Cambridge university press
CP Violation ,
G. Branco, L.s Lavoura, and J. Silva, Oxford university press
Review articles
Precision electroweek measurements on the Z resonance ,
LEP and SLC collaborations
Hard Interactions of Quarks and Gluons: A Primer for LHC Physics ,
J.M. Campbell, J.W. Huston, W.J. Stirling
Lectures on LHC Physics , T. Plehn
Measurements of the Production, Decay and Properties of the Top Quark ,
K. Lannon, F. Margaroli, C. Neu
Electroweak Symmetry Breaking and Higgs Physics ,
M. Spira and P. M. Zerwas
The Anatomy of electro-weak symmetry breaking, A. Djouadi,
The Higgs boson in the Standard Model ,
The Higgs bosons in the Minimal Supersymmetric Model
A Supersymmetry Primer , S. Martin
General-purpose event generators for LHC physics , excellent and very clear review
Bayes and Frequentism: a Particle Physicist's perspective , L. Lyons
Estimation of Upper Limits Using a Poisson Statistic , I. Narsky
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)