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SI3320 Phenomenology of Elementary Particle Physics 10.0 credits

Fenomenologi för elementarpartikelfysik

  • Educational level

    Third cycle

  • Academic level (A-D)

    D

  • Subject area

  • Grade scale

At present this course is not scheduled to be offered.

Learning outcomes

  • To obtain a deeper understanding of the phenomenology of elementary particle physics.
  • To know about the common methods and approaches to solving problems within the area.
  • To understand the link between theoretical and experimental elementary particle physics.

Course main content

Part I: neutrino physics, 2.5 ECTS credits
Part II: Active participation in the "Journal Club", 2.5 ECTS credits
Part III: Active participation in a "summer school" in theoretical elementary particle physics, 2.5 ECTS credits
Part IV: An elective part of the phenomenology of elementary particle physics (not neutrino physics), 2.5 ECTS credits

Eligibility

Literature

Part I:

  • E.Kh. Akhmedov, Neutrino Physics, hep-ph/0001264
  • G.G. Raffelt and W. Rodejohann, Massive Neutrinos in Astrophysics, hep-ph/9912397

Examination

Requirements for final grade

  • To solve all the problems in the literature for Part I.
  • To participate actively in at least one semester of the "Journal Club" for the group in theoretical elementary particle physics.
  • To participate actively in at least one international "summer school".
  • To read and understand any book on the phenomenology of elementary particle physics (not neutrino physics).

Offered by

SCI/Theoretical Physics

Contact

Tommy Ohlsson

Examiner

Tommy Ohlsson <tohlsson@kth.se>

Version

Course plan valid from: Spring 09.