Introduction to elementary particles. Historical overview. Natural system of units. Relativistic kinematics, four-vectors. Mandelstam variables. Properties and classification of elementary particles. Interactions and the Yukawa mechanism. Feynman diagrams. Symmetries and conservation laws. Space inversion, charge conjugation, time reversal. Isotopic spin. G-parity. CP violation. CPT theorem. Hadron interactions at high energies. Fundamental quark model. Fundamental interactions: electromagnetic, weak, and strong. Deep inelastic scattering. Standard Model. Unification of electromagnetic and weak interactions. Particle physics beyond the Standard Model.
- Teacher: Γεώργιος Τσιπολίτης
ECTS : 6
Language : el