PHYS40521 10 Semester 1 Undergraduate Level 4 Alexander Oh Unit coordinator Christopher Parkes Unit coordinator Department of Physics & Astronomy 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Masters/Integrated Masters P4 ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 5.0 <p>Frontiers of Particle Physics 1</p> <p>Frontiers of Particle Physics 1</p> <p>1. To provide a review of modern-day particle physics experiments, and the physics they aim to address.<br />2. To provide a suitable introduction to experimental methods commonly used in particle physics for students who will undertake research in the subject.</p> <p>On completion successful students will be able to:</p><p>1. Identify the three experimental particle physics frontiers, and define their objectives.</p><p><br/>2. Describe the facilities commonly used by experimental particle physicists.</p><p><br/>3. Explain qualitative and quantitative techniques applied to particle physics experiments.</p><p><br/>4. Judge the significance of recent and current results in the main areas of particle physics (QCD, EWK, BSM) in the wider context of past and present particle physics experiments.</p><p><br/>5. Describe experiments planned for the near future and explain their significance.<br/>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>1. Introduction to modern particle physics experiments</strong><br />Standard Model and the three particle physics frontiers<br />Particle properties and experimental methods in particle physics<br />Modern-day experiments<br />Data analysis, statistics, and Monte Carlo techniques</p><p><strong>2. Physics at the high energy frontier</strong><br />Partons and QCD<br />Electroweak gauge bosons (W and Z bosons)<br />Top quark physics<br />The discovery of the Higgs boson<br />Standard Model: successes and limitations<br />Searches for physics beyond the Standard Model<br />Future Colliders<br />&nbsp;</p> 1 Written exam 100% <p>Feedback will be available on students&rsquo; individual written solutions to examples sheets, which will be marked, and model answers will be issued.</p> N <p>Martin, B. &amp; Shaw, G., Particle Physics, (3rd ed.) (Wiley)<br />Leo, W. R., Techniques for Nuclear and Particle Physics Experiments (Springer)<br />Thomson, M., Modern Particle Physics (Cambridge University Press)</p> Assessment written exam 1.5 Lectures 24 0 74.5