Nuclear and particle physics

Regular enrolement

Introduction. Experiments in particle physics, accelerators, detectors of charged and neutral particles.
Nuclear physics. Force between nucleons., properties of nuclei, nuclear models.
Standard Model. Elementary paricles and their interactions. Colour.
Symmetries and groups. Rotations. Clebsh-Gordonovi coeficients. Isospin, pip->pip scattering. Flavour SU(3) symmetry. Mesons. Baryons.
Antiparticles. Non-relativistic perturbation theory. Electrodynamics of spin-less particles. Feynman rules. Cross section, decay width.
Dirac equation. Solutions for a free particle. Coariant form. Helicity. Dirac equation for anti-particles. Normalisation of bispinors.
Electrodynamics of spin ½ particles. Feynman rules. Moeller scattering. Spin sum rule. Trace theorems. Scattering e mu -> e mu. Differencial cross section. Anihilation e+e- -> mu mu, qq. R ratio, proof of colour. Angular distribution.
Weak interaction. History. Crrent-curent interaction. Parity violation. V-A structure. Beta decay. Mion decay. Pion decay, conflict of helicity and handedness. Neutrino scattering. Nevtral weak currents. Weak transitions between generations, CKM marix. Measurements of the CKM elements, unitarity GIM mechanism. Neutral flavour changing currents.
System of neutral kaons. P, C, CP parity for states with two or three pions. Eigenstates of CP. CP violation. Box diagrams. Mixing and CP violation for neutral B mesons.
Electroweak interaction. Feynmanova rules. Gauge symmetries. Covariant derivative.
Strong interaction.
The grand unification. Relation between particle physics and cosmology.

• F. Halzen, A.D. Martin, Quarks and Leptons, Wiley 1984
• M. Rosina, Jedrska fizika, DMFA
• D. Perkins, Introduction to High Energy Physics, Cambridge University Press 2000

Students learn about the basic laws of nuclear and particle physics.
Subject-specific competencies: knowledge and understanding of the interactions of elementary particles and their bound states (hadrons); the ability to solve practical problems in these areas; the ability to link the theoretical predictions and measurements; critical evaluation and application of new knowledge in the field of nuclear and particle physics.

Knowledge and understanding:
Acquire basic knowledge on theories and experiments in nuclear and particle physics. The ability to link the theoretical predictions and measurements. Critical assessment and application of new knowledge in the field of nuclear and particle physics.
Application:
Understanding of the laws of modern physics and applications of mathematical approaches.
Reflection:
A critical assessment of the theoretical predictions with the results of the measurements
Transferable skills:
Ability to understand the phenomena and the interpretation and evaluation of the results of measurements

Lectures, problem classes, homework, consultations.

2 tests with problem solving, written exam (problem solving)
Oral exam (questions from lectures)
5 - 10, a student passes the exam if he is graded from 6 to 10

Peter Križan:

1. Belle Collaboration, LIN, S.-W., BITENC, Urban, BRAČKO, Marko, FRATINA, Saša, GOLOB, Boštjan, KORPAR, Samo, KRIŽAN, Peter, PESTOTNIK, Rok, STANIČ, Samo, STARIČ, Marko, ZUPANC, Anže. Difference in direct chargeparity violation between charged and neutral B meson decays. Nature (Lond.), 2008, vol. 452, str. 332-335. [COBISS-SI-ID 21553703]

2. Belle Collaboration, STARIČ, Marko, GOLOB, Boštjan, BITENC, Urban, BRAČKO, Marko, FRATINA, Saša, GORIŠEK, Andrej, KORPAR, Samo, KRIŽAN, Peter, PESTOTNIK, Rok, STANIČ, Samo, ZUPANC, Anže. Evidence for D[sup]0 - (D[bar])[sup]0 mixing. Phys. rev. lett., 2007, vol. 98, no. 21, str. 211803-1-211803-6, doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.211803. [COBISS-SI-ID 20795943], [JCR, WoS do 13. 2. 2013: št. citatov (TC): 109, čistih citatov (CI): 98, normirano št. čistih citatov (NC): 39, Scopus do 15. 1. 2013: št. citatov (TC): 131, čistih citatov (CI): 123, normirano št. čistih citatov (NC): 49]

3. Belle Collaboration, KO, B. R., BRAČKO, Marko, GOLOB, Boštjan, KORPAR, Samo, KRIŽAN, Peter, PESTOTNIK, Rok, PETRIČ, Marko, SMERKOL, Peter, STANIČ, Samo, STARIČ, Marko, ZUPANC, Anže. Evidence for CP violation in the decay D[sup]+ [to] K[sup]0[sub]S [pi][sup]+. Phys. rev. lett., 2012, vol. 109, no. 2, str. 021601-1-021601-6, doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.021601. [COBISS-SI-ID 25990183]

Borut Paul Kerševan:

4. ATLAS Collaboration, CINDRO, Vladimir, DELIYERGIYEV, Maksym, DOLENC, Irena, FILIPČIČ, Andrej, FRATINA, Saša, GORIŠEK, Andrej, KERŠEVAN, Borut Paul, KRAMBERGER, Gregor, MAČEK, Boštjan, MANDIĆ, Igor, MIJOVIĆ, Liza, MIKUŽ, Marko, TYKHONOV, Andrii, et al., ATLAS Collaboration. Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Physics letters. Section B. [Print ed.]. 2012, vol. 716, no. 1, str. 1-29. ISSN 0370-2693. DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2012.08.020. [COBISS-SI-ID 26060071]

5. ATLAS Collaboration, CINDRO, Vladimir, DELIYERGIYEV, Maksym, DOLENC, Irena, FILIPČIČ, Andrej, FRATINA, Saša, GORIŠEK, Andrej, KERŠEVAN, Borut Paul, KRAMBERGER, Gregor, MAČEK, Boštjan, MANDIĆ, Igor, MIJOVIĆ, Liza, MIKUŽ, Marko, TYKHONOV, Andrii, et al., ATLAS Collaboration. A particle consistent with the Higgs boson observed with the ATLAS detector at the large hadron collider. Science. 2012, vol. 338, no. 6114, str. 1576-1582. ISSN 0036-8075. DOI: 10.1126/science.1232005. [COBISS-SI-ID 26464551]

6. ATLAS Collaboration, CINDRO, Vladimir, FILIPČIČ, Andrej, GORIŠEK, Andrej, HITI, Bojan, KERŠEVAN, Borut Paul, KRAMBERGER, Gregor, MAČEK, Boštjan, MANDIĆ, Igor, MIJOVIĆ, Liza, MIKUŽ, Marko, MUŠKINJA, Miha, NOVAK, Jakob, NOVAK, Tadej, LEBAN, Blaž, HOWARD, Alissa, et al. A detailed map of Higgs boson interactions by the ATLAS experiment ten years after the discovery. Nature : the international weekly journal of science. [Print ed.]. 2020, vol. 607, str. 52-59. ISSN 0028-0836. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04893-w. [COBISS-SI-ID 134080259]

7. ATLAS Collaboration, CINDRO, Vladimir, FILIPČIČ, Andrej, GORIŠEK, Andrej, HITI, Bojan, KERŠEVAN, Borut Paul, KRAMBERGER, Gregor, MAČEK, Boštjan, MANDIĆ, Igor, MIJOVIĆ, Liza, MIKUŽ, Marko, MUŠKINJA, Miha, NOVAK, Jakob, NOVAK, Tadej, et al., ATLAS Collaboration. Test of the universality of τ and μ lepton couplings in W-boson decays with the ATLAS detector. Nature physics. [Online ed.]. 2021, vol. 17, no. 7, str. 813-818. ISSN 1745-2481. DOI: 10.1038/s41567-021-01236-w. [COBISS-SI-ID 73934339]

Jernej Fesel Kamenik

8. Svjetlana Fajfer, Jernej F. Kamenik, Ivan Nisandzic, Jure Zupan “Implications of Lepton Flavor Universality Violations in B Decays”, Phys.Rev.Lett. 109 (2012) 161801.

9. Ilja Dorsner, Svjetlana Fajfer, Admir Greljo, Jernej F. Kamenik, Nejc Kosnik “Physics of leptoquarks in precision experiments and at particle colliders”, Phys.Rept. 641 (2016), 1-68.

10. Darius A. Faroughy, Admir Greljo, Jernej F. Kamenik, "Confronting lepton flavor universality violation in B decays with high-pT tau lepton searches at LHC", Phys.Lett.B 764 (2017), 126-134.