Sondaggio
- Gli studenti che intendono seguire il corso sono pregati di riempire questo modulo di sondaggio
Elementary Particle Physics 2015-16
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)
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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)
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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
- Neutrino physics
- Dark Matter