Professor Manuel Drees

Lectures

WS 23/24:

Theoretical Particle Physics 1

Time and Place : Tuesday, 16:15 to 18:00, and Wednesday, 13:15 to 14:00, both times HS 1, PI (i.e., in the big lecture room).

First Lecture: October 10, 2023.

Last Lecture: January 31, 2024.

Tutorials: Will also be in person. The tutors are:
Group 1 : Monday 8:15 to 10:00 a.m., in AVZ, rm. 0.023 (Ü17); tutor: Keshav Chaudhary, e-mail: s6kechau "at" uni-bonn.de
Group 2 : Monday 8:15 to 10:00 a.m., in AVZ, rm. 2.036; tutor: Yashasvee Goel, e-mail ygoel "at" uni-bonn.de
Group 3 : Friday 10:15 a.m. to 12:00 noon, in AVZ, rm. 0.023 (Ü17); tutor: Chenhuan Wang, e-mail: s6cnwang "at" uni-bonn.de
Group 4 : Friday 10:15 a.m. to 12:00 noon, in AVZ, rm. 2.036; tutor: Aditya Khalatkar, e-mail s6adkhal "at" uni-bonn.de
Overall coordination : Wenbin Zhao, e-mail zwbphy "at" gmail.com First session : The second week of classes.

The homework problems can be downloaded here.
I have now also created four tutorial groups in eCampus, led by the four tutors whose names and contact data are listed above. Please register for (exactly) one of these groups!

The lecture is aimed at students interested in experimental and/or theoretical particle physics. I will assume that you are already familiar with relativistic quantum mechanics, and with some concepts of quantum field theory; specifically, that you know how to go from the Lagrange density ("Lagrangian") to Feynman diagrams, which in turn allow you to compute scattering amplitudes, and from there to cross sections and decay rates. (This is true for many Bonn students, in particular for those who already took the first QFT class.)
For those of you who are not familiar with these concepts, I offer a week-long "crash course"; see the top of this web page for more details.

Only students who have done at least 50% of the homework of this class will be permitted to take the final exam! The solution need not be perfect in order to count towards your 50%, but you need to have made an honest effort at solving the problem.
At the beginning of each tutorial, the tutor will pass around a list where you can mark the problems you have solved. Based on this list the tutor will call somebody to the board, who is expected to show the solution. This is the preferred method.
Alternatively you can mail your solution to the tutor. Please use a PDF file obtained via a proper scanning app (they are available for free in your favorite app store), and not a simple photo! The solution has to be sent in before the first tutorial of the week.

First exam: Monday, February 5, from 10:00 to 12:00, in PI, lecture hall 1 (where the lectures take place)
Second exam:: Monday, March 25, 10:00 to 12:00, in PI, lecture hall 1 (PI, HS1).

This lecture covers essentially the Standard Model of particle physics. More specifically, the following topics will be covered:
0) Preliminaries
1) The gauge principle: QED
2) QCD
3) Electroweak interactions

Literature:
Aitchison and Hey, Gauge theories in Particle Physics , vols. 1 and 2, is a modern, comprehensive treatment that starts from scratch.
Halzen and Martin, Quarks and Leptons , remains a classic.
Peskin and Schroeder, An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory, treats the underlying formalism, but also contains many particle physics applications.

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