ECTS credits ECTS credits: 6
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 102 Hours of tutorials: 6 Expository Class: 18 Interactive Classroom: 24 Total: 150
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Particle Physics
Areas: Atomic, Molecular and Nuclear Physics, Theoretical Physics
Center Faculty of Physics
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
(Note: this section applies, without further changes, to any of the three teaching scenarios that might be in place due to the spread of the Covid-19 disease).
The Standard Model (SM) of particle physics is, up to now, the most successful theory which describes Nature at the most fundamental level. This is an intermediate level particle physics course where the SM formalism is introduced, together with the most relevant experimental methods and results which constitute its foundation.
After following this course, the student should:
- Be familiar with the Standard Model of particle physics.
- Understand its theoretical foundation, the main experimental techniques and results supporting it.
- Be able to compute physical observables, as well as to perform an analysis and interpretation of data provided by particle physics experiments.
At the end of the course the student will be well equipped to undertake more advanced studies both in theory and experimental methods.
(Note: this section applies, without further changes, to any of the three teaching scenarios that might be in place due to the spread of the Covid-19 disease).
- Construction of the Standard Model (SM):
Symmetries of the SM; Gauge Theories and the SM Lagrangian; Higgs and mass terms. Experimental foundation of the SM; Cross sections, decay amplitudes, multiplicity distributions.
- Fundamentals of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD):
Asymptotic freedom and confinement; Deep inelastic scattering Dokshitzer-Gribov-Lipatov-Altarelli-Parisi equations. Jets in electron-positron decays and other high energy processes.
- Fundamentals of the Electro-Weak theory (EW):
Spontaneously symmetry breaking; discovery of the Higgs boson; W and Z bosons.
(Note: The USC library staff is in the process of purchasing new electronic material, like e-books, that could be especially useful in case of a scenario change imposed by health authorities. The instructors will post all relevant information in the Campus Virtual web page).
M. Thomson, "Modern Particle Physics", Cambridge University Press, 2013.
D. Griffiths, “Introduction to Elementary Particles”, Wiley-VCH, 2009
S. Bettini, “Introduction to Elementary Particles Physics”, Cambridge, 2009
Yu. Dokshitzer, V. Khoze, A. Mueller, S. Troyan, “Basics of Perturbative QCD”, Editions Frontieres, 1991
R. K. Ellis, W. J. Stirling, B. R. Webber, “QCD and Collider Physics”, Cambridge 2003.
E. Leader and E. Predazzi, “An introduction to gauge theories and modern particle physics”, Cambridge, 1996.
G.P. Salam, Elements of QCD for hadron colliders, CERN Yellow Report CERN-2010-002, 45-100 [arXiv:1011.5131 [hep-ph]].
(Note: this section applies, without further changes, to any of the three teaching scenarios that might be in place due to the spread of the Covid-19 disease).
This course provides the student with the fundamentals, both theoretical and experimental, of the Standard Model.
The student should be able to relate the theoretical model to the corresponding experimental results.
The student should also be able to compute physical observables and make an analysis and interpretation of experimental data.
An online Moodle course will be available on the USC Campus Virtual web page for the Particle Physics I course. All relevant teaching material will be uploaded there.
The teaching methodology adapted to the three possible teaching scenarios is the following:
Scenario 1:
This is thought to be close to a normal situation scenario, where the teaching methodology described in the official Physics Master Memorandum is expected to be followed. All the teaching, whether masterclasses or interactive seminars, will physically take place in the corresponding classroom. In the masterclasses all teaching material with the relevant calculations will be presented in detail, using projections and/or the blackboard. The students will be encouraged to ask questions. Seminars on specific topics will also be given whenever appropriate. Tutorial activities will require a previous appointment and could place both by telematic means and at the instructor’s office.
In the interactive-type classes, the problems will be solved and discussed preferentially by the students, who should have received the appropriate assignments well in advance. The homework may include short problems to compute physical observables, the study of the design of key experiments, new theoretical ideas, data analysis, etc. Both analytical and computation tools will be used.
Scenario 2: see the Contingence Plan in the Observations section at the end of this document.
Scenario 3: see the Contingence Plan in the Observations section at the end of this document.
Scenario 1:
The student performance will be continuously assessed during the course. Homework will be regularly assigned, to be handed it in at a given schedule. Some of it will have to be explained by the students at the blackboard. Part of the assessment may consist of short presentations on key particle physics subjects/experiments. A final written examination could exceptionally be organized.
In the event of fraudulent behavior when performing the assigned qualification tasks, the USC official Regulation on the evaluation of the student’s performance shall be applied. Article 16 of that Regulation establishes that:
The fraudulent performance of any exercise or test required in the evaluation will imply the qualification of failure (suspenso) in the corresponding call, regardless of the disciplinary process that might be followed against the offending student. It will be considered fraudulent, among other things, to plagiarize works or to copy them directly from public sources without further reinterpretation and the appropriate citations of authors and sources.
Scenario 2: see the Contingence Plan in the Observations section at the end of this document.
Scenario 3: see the Contingence Plan in the Observations section at the end of this document.
(Note: this section applies, without further changes, to any of the three teaching scenarios that might be in place due to the spread of the Covid-19 disease).
40 hours of lectures. 20 hours of interactive sessions. 2 horas of tutorial support. 88 hours of personal work.
(Note: this section applies, without further changes, to any of the three teaching scenarios that might be in place due to the spread of the Covid-19 disease).
Active participation in the classroom. Homework should be carried out in a daily basis, whenever possible, avoiding the workload to increase from week to week.
In the event of a change to the teaching-scenario 2 due to the evolution of the Covid-19 disease, the following modifications are foreseen.
Methodology: no special modification is expected for the usual number of registered students. However, if the level of classroom occupancy turns out to be above the official regulations for this scenario, one of the following actions will be taken:
- Streaming broadcasting of the lectures for the students that need to be relocated (on a rotatory basis) in a different classroom.
- Streaming broadcasting of the lectures for the students that are (on a rotatory basis) at home.
Assessment tasks will have higher priority for classroom usage. Tutorial activities may take place in the instructors’ offices or by telematic means, but a previous appointment will be required.
All other sections of this teaching guide remain unaffected for scenario 2.
In the event of a change to scenario 3 the following modifications are foreseen:
Methodology: all teaching activities will be telematic using the Microsoft Teams platform, and synchronous, according to the official teaching schedule. If synchronicity cannot be kept on some unexpected occasions the students will be warned beforehand, and alternative asynchronous teaching procedures will be put in place. Tutorial activities will also be telematic and will require a previous appointment.
All other sections of this teaching guide remain unaffected for scenario 3.
Assessment system: all activities will be done using telematic means, both through the Microsoft Teams system and the Moodle Campus Virtual platform.
Juan Jose Saborido Silva
Coordinador/a- Department
- Particle Physics
- Area
- Atomic, Molecular and Nuclear Physics
- Phone
- 881814109
- juan.saborido [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor
Bin Wu
- Department
- Particle Physics
- Area
- Theoretical Physics
- bin.wu [at] usc.es
- Category
- Investigador/a Distinguido/a
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| 17:15-18:30 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Galician, Spanish | Classroom 7 |
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| 17:15-18:30 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Spanish, Galician | Classroom 7 |
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| 06.23.2022 16:00-18:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom 5 |