COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYSICS I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Physics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MUHAMMED DENIZ

Offered to

Physics

Course Objective

Learning the basic building blocks of matter and the laws of modern physics that govern them. The main course objectives are fundamental forces in nature, basic concepts of Standard Model and fundamental interactions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   History of the discovery of fundamental particles and the classification of the particles
2   Fundamental forces, the physics behind the laws of nature and the interactions between the particles
3   Symmetries, groups and the conservation laws
4   Building basic knowledge for Elementary Particle Physics
5   Establishing an infrastructure for graduate-level courses in High-Energy Physics

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics and History
2 Discovery of Particles, Classification and Standard Model
3 Elementary Particle Dynamics, Fundamental Forces
4 QED, QCD, Weak Interaction and Decays
5 Relativistic Kinematics, Four Vectors
6 Energy and Momentum, Collisions
7 MIDTERM-I
8 Symmetries, Groups and Conservation Laws
9 Flavor Symmetries, Parity and CP Violation
10 Bound States
11 Baryon Masses and Magnetic Moments
12 MIDTERM-II
13 The Feynman Calculus
14 Life Times and Cross-Sections Calculus

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
David Griffiths (2008), Introduction to Elementary Particles 2nd Revised ed., Wiley-VCH.

Supplementary Book(s):
1. Francis Halzen, Alan D. Martin (1984). Quarks and leptons: an introductory course in modern particle physics, Oxford University Press, London.
2. Donald H. Perkins, (2000), Introduction To High Energy Physics, 4th edition, Cambridge University Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Method of Expression
2. Question & Answer Techniques
3. Discussion
4. Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE1 * 0.25 + MTE2 * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE1 * 0.25 + MTE2 * 0.25 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Midterm exams and assignments are taken as the achievements of students for the semester.
2. Final exam will be added to the success of the study of midterms and assignments, thereby the student's success will be determined.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% of the participation of classes is mandatory.
2. Students, who do not participate in Midterm exams and regularly do the assignments, not allowed entering the final exam

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

muhammed.deniz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday at 09: 00 - 11: 00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Tutorials 12 2 24
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 2 4 8
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 24 4 96
Preparing assignments 10 2 20
Midterm 2 3 6
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 185

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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