Lectures during the spring term of 2011
Lecture 1.
Quantum Chromodynamics, Asymptotic freedom, The strong coupling constant, Electron-positron
annihilation, Jet physics, Discovery of the gluon in TASSO at PETRA.
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Lecture 2.
Elastic ep-scattering, Differential cross section, Form factors, Inelastic ep scattering,
Discovery of quarks at SLAC, Structure functions, Deep inelastic scattering, Measurement
of structure functions with H1 at HERA.
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Lecture 3.
Gauge invariance, Electroweak unification, Coupling constants, Point-like interactions,
W and Z bosons, Discovery of neutral current by Gargamelle at the CERN PS.
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Lecture 4.
Discovery of the W and Z bosons by UA1 at the SPS, The Large Electron Positron Collider (LEP),
The DELPHI experiment, Studies of the Z-boson at LEP.
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Lecture 5.
The number of neutrino families, Studies of the W-boson at LEP,
Leptonic charged current reactions, Hadronic charged current reactions, Quark mixing, The top quark.
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Lecture 6.
The discovery of the top quark at the Tevatron, Neutral current reactions,
Test of flavour conservation by E787 at the AGS, The Higgs boson,
Search for the Higgs at LEP.
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Lecture 7.
CERN, The Large Hadron Collider, Magnets and cavities, Experiments at the LHC,
Detection of particles, The ATLAS experiment, Search for the Higgs, Black holes.
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Lecture 8.
Discovery of the electron-, muon- and tau-neutrino,
Neutrino oscillations, Solar neutrino measurements, The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory.
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Lecture 9.
Atmospheric neutrinos, Super-Kamiokande, Short and long baseline experiments,
The MINOS experiment, CNGS and the OPERA experiment, Extra-galactic neutrinos,
AMANDA and ICECUBE, double beta-decay and the NEMO3 experiment.
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Lecture 10.
The Standard Model, Grand Unified Theories, Proton decay, Supersymmetry,
SUSY searches by DELPHI, SUSY search by ATLAS,
Gravitation and extra dimensions, Graviton search by DELPHI, Dark matter, Dark Energy,
the Boulby and CDMSII experiments.
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