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Course Information Course Learning Outcomes Course's Contribution To Program ECTS Workload Course Details
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COURSE INFORMATION
Course CodeCourse TitleL+P HourSemesterECTS
FIZ 432ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYSICS3 + 08th Semester4,5

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Elective
Course Objective The aim of this course is to present a survey of the current understanding of the fundamental constituents of matter.
Course Content History of Standard Model, Relativistic Kinematic, Dirac Equation, Flavors, Quarks and QCD, Weak Interactions and Electroweak Theory, Beyond the Standard Model.
Prerequisites No the prerequisite of lesson.
Corequisite No the corequisite of lesson.
Mode of Delivery Face to Face

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
1Students have enough information about relativistic quantum physics.
2 Students have enough information about relativistic field theory and Lagrangean formalism.
3Students have enough information about particle physics and gauge theories.

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
PO 01PO 02PO 03PO 04PO 05PO 06PO 07PO 08PO 09PO 10
LO 0013 2 1 4   
LO 0023 2 1     
LO 0033 2 1     
Sub Total9 6 3 4   
Contribution3020101000

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION
ActivitiesQuantityDuration (Hour)Total Work Load (Hour)
Course Duration (14 weeks/theoric+practical)14342
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)14228
Assignments5525
Mid-terms199
Final examination11313
Total Work Load

ECTS Credit of the Course





117

4,5
COURSE DETAILS
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Details 2014-2015 Spring1MUZAFFER ADAK
Details 2013-2014 Spring1MUZAFFER ADAK
Details 2012-2013 Spring1MUZAFFER ADAK


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Course Details
Course Code Course Title L+P Hour Course Code Language Of Instruction Course Semester
FIZ 432 ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYSICS 3 + 0 1 Turkish 2014-2015 Spring
Course Coordinator  E-Mail  Phone Number  Course Location Attendance
Prof. Dr. MUZAFFER ADAK madak@pau.edu.tr FEN B0312 %70
Goals The aim of this course is to present a survey of the current understanding of the fundamental constituents of matter.
Content History of Standard Model, Relativistic Kinematic, Dirac Equation, Flavors, Quarks and QCD, Weak Interactions and Electroweak Theory, Beyond the Standard Model.
Topics
WeeksTopics
1 Criterion for elementarity, Hadrons, leptons and gauge fields, Standard model, Strong, weak, electromagnetic and gravitational interactions
2 Resonances, Baryons and mesons, Baryon numbers and lepton numbers, The lepton spectrum, Units
3 Relativistic kinematics, Applications to scattering and decay processes
4 Feynman diagrams
5 Dirac equation
6 Isospin, strangeness, The quark model, charm and higher flavours, Resonances
7 Midterm exam
8 The structure of the proton, Colliding beam experiments, QCD and gluons, Confinement
9 Parity violation in weak interactions, K mesons and CP violation
10 Electroweak theory, W and Z bosons, Higgs field
11 Lagrange formulation of classical particle mechanics
12 Lagrangians in relativistic field theory
13 Local gauge invariance
14 Grand unified theories (GUT) and proton decay, The great success but fundamentally unsatisfactory nature of the standard model, The solar neutrino problem and massive neutrinos, Supersymmetry, strings and superstrings
Materials
Materials are not specified.
Resources
ResourcesResources Language
D. Griffiths, Introduction to Elementary ParticlesEnglish
Course Assessment
Assesment MethodsPercentage (%)Assesment Methods Title
Final Exam45Final Exam
Midterm Exam35Midterm Exam
Attendance to Lesson20Attendance to Lesson
L+P: Lecture and Practice
PQ: Program Learning Outcomes
LO: Course Learning Outcomes