PY4P02

Module PY4P02 High Energy Physics

Cohort: SS Physics, SS Physics and Astrophysics, SS Theoretical Physics

Credits: 5

Lecturer: Professor C. McGuinness

Duration: Michaelmas Term, Hilary Term, 20 lectures

Assesment: End of Year Exam.

Description: An introduction to the theory and experimental investigation of fundamental particles and their interactions. Quantum numbers and conservation laws. Resonant states. Neutral K-mesons. CP violation. Unitary symmetry schemes for hadron classification. The quark model. Exchange interactions and Feynman diagrams, with applications to strong, weak and electromagnetic interactions in the standard model. Survey of experimental techniques and results on Charm. Beauty and Top quark searches, pp physics and the W and Z mesons. Heavy ion physics.