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Course unit
THEORETICAL PHYSICS OF THE FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS (MOD. B)
SCP9087898, A.A. 2019/20
Information concerning the students who enrolled in A.Y. 2019/20
Integrated course for this unit
ECTS: details
Type |
Scientific-Disciplinary Sector |
Credits allocated |
Core courses |
FIS/02 |
Theoretical Physics, Mathematical Models and Methods |
6.0 |
Course unit organization
Period |
First semester |
Year |
1st Year |
Teaching method |
frontal |
Type of hours |
Credits |
Teaching hours |
Hours of Individual study |
Shifts |
Lecture |
6.0 |
48 |
102.0 |
No turn |
Examination board
Examination board not defined
Common characteristics of the Integrated Course unit
Prerequisites:
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Principle of Theoretical Physics |
Target skills and knowledge:
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Knowledge and comprehension of the fundamental tools needed for describing a quantum field theory. |
Examination methods:
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Written and oral exam |
Assessment criteria:
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Test of the comprehension of the content of the course and of the ability to solve related exercises. |
Specific characteristics of the Module
Course unit contents:
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Programme:
1. Quantum Elettrodynamics: Feynman rules, tree level processes ( Rutherford, Compton and Bhabha scattering, Bremsstrahlung).
2. Non Abelian gauge theories: non-Abelian gauge fields kinetic terms and selinteractions, covariant derivatives.
3. Quantum Crhomodynamics: The "colour" algebra, Feynman rules and scattering amplitudes for gluons and quarks at tree level.
4. Electroweak gauge theory. The Fermi effective Lagrangian: Feynman rueles and muon decay. SU(2)xU(1) gauge theory and Electroweal unification.
5. Spontaneous symmetry breaking of a symemtry: the discrete and continuum cases. The Goldstone theorem and the Higgs mechanism.
6. Spontaneous symmetry breaking of the Electroweak symmetry.
7. The electroweak Lagrangian for one and three families. |
Planned learning activities and teaching methods:
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Lectures: theory and exercises |
Textbooks (and optional supplementary readings) |
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Luciano Maiani, Interazioni elettrodeboli. --: Editori Riuniti, 2013.
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R. D’Auria , M. Trigiante, From Special Relativity to Feynman Diagrams. --: Springer, 2011.
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F. Mandl , G. Shaw, Quantum Field Theory (2nd edition). --: John Wiley and Sons, 2010.
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Innovative teaching methods: Teaching and learning strategies
- Lecturing
- Problem based learning
- Case study
- Questioning
- Problem solving
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