"Sub-Nuclear" section.
Martin and G. Shaw,
Particle Physics, IV Ed. Wiley 2017.
Griffiths D. J.,
Introduction to Elementary Particles, II Ed. Wiley, 2008.
Learning Objectives
Knowledge acquired: basic concepts of sub-atomic and sub-nuclear Physics and of the relevant phenomenology.
Competence acquired: understanding of simple physical models for sub-atomic and sub-nuclear Physics and familiarity with the related basic phenomenology.
Skills acquired (at the end of the course): use of basic quantum-mechanical and relativistic-kinematics techniques for the quantitative description of some selected and simple study cases of sub-atomic and sub-nuclear Physics.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of Quantum Mechanics, Relativistic Kinematics and of Nuclear and Sub-Nuclear Physics.
Teaching Methods
CFU: 6, 48 hours of frontal lessons.
Total hours of the course (including the time spent in attending lectures, seminars, private study, examinations, etc...): 140
Type of Assessment
Oral examination to evaluate the real understanding of the topics discussed in the course, with particular attention to the capacity of critical reasoning, to the mastering of studied topics and to the use of an appropriate language.
Course program
"Nuclear" section.
Nuclear forces: phenomenology in collisions between nucleons. Introduction to nuclear isospin. Properties of the nucleon-nucleon interaction. The shell model of the nucleus and its application to the prediction of the characteristics of nuclear levels.
Beta decay and parity violation. Selection rules. Matrix elements. Cross sections for neutrinos.
"Sub-Nuclear" section.
Review of relativistic kinematics. Mandelstam variables. Rapidity. Transformation of angular distributions. General aspects of decay and scattering processes. Introduction to the formalism of Feynman diagrams in a simplified approach. Quantum Chromo Dynamic (QCD). Color confinement and asymptotic freedom. Interaction potential between pairs of quarks. Electron-proton elastic and inelastic scattering (DIS). Bjorken scaling. Structure functions. Partonic distribution functions. Description of DIS processes in QCD: partons; Bjorken scaling violation, confirmation of quark fractional charge. Physics at hadronic colliders: general aspects; phenomenology of some processes of particular interest.