Elementary Particle Physics

2022 Course Programme

Instructors

Spyros Argyropoulos

•  Elementary particles. Natural system of units. Relativistic kinematics. Mandelstam variables. Resonances and invariant mass.
  •  Klein–Gordon and Dirac equations.
  •  Feynman rules, Fermi’s golden rule.
  •  Symmetries and conservation laws.
  •  Calculation of scattering amplitudes in quantum electrodynamics.
  •  Weak interactions (Fermi interaction, W bosons). CP symmetry violation.

Recommended Textbooks

Modern Particle Physics, Thomson