Course content - Learning outcome - Admission - Prerequisites - Overlapping courses - Teaching - Examination - Evaluation

Course content

Interaction between radiation and matter, modern detectors (ionising detectors, scintillator systems, semiconductor detectors) and how they are used in experiments, accelerator physics, advanced techniques for data analysis.

Learning outcome

The objective of the course is to give PhD students an introduction to modern experimental techniques for particle physics. The course will include statistics/simulations, detectors and accelerator physics, with an emphasis on detector systems. The course is also meant to give an introduction to the general phenomena which occur when radiation reacts wtih matter. This will give the students a solid background for research and developement projects within instrumentation.

Admission

PhD candidates from the University of Oslo should apply for classes and register for examinations through Studentweb.

If a course has limited intake capacity, priority will be given to PhD candidates who follow an individual education plan where this particular course is included. Some national researchers’ schools may have specific rules for ranking applicants for courses with limited intake capacity.

PhD candidates who have been admitted to another higher education institution must apply for a position as a visiting student within a given deadline.

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Prerequisites

Formal prerequisite knowledge

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None.

Recommended previous knowledge

FYS3510 - Subatomic physics with applications in astrophysics

Overlapping courses

6 credits overlap against FYS380.

10 credits with FYS4550 - Experimental high energy physics

Teaching

The course extends over a full semester with 4 hours of teaching (lectures and colloquia) per week.

Access to teaching

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Examination

Grades will be given based on the evaluation of a home work counting approx. 20% and a final oral exam counting approx. 80%.

Examination support material

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Language of examination

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Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a pass/fail scale. Read more about the grading system.

Explanations and appeals

You may request an explanation of your grades, and you may also appeal against your grades or make a complaint about formal examination errors. Read more about explanations and appeals.

Resit an examination

You can usually resit an exam, but the conditions depend on whether you had a valid reason for absence from the regular exam. Read more about resitting an exam.

Withdrawal from an examination

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Special examination arrangements

If you have a disability or a health problem that entails significant inconvenience in an examination situation, you may be considered for special examination arrangements. Mothers who are breastfeeding may apply for extra time to complete the exam.

Evaluation

Feedback from our students is essential to us in our efforts to ensure and further improve the high quality of our programmes and courses. All courses are subject to continuous evaluation. At regular intervals we also ask students on a particular course to participate in a more comprehensive, periodic evaluation of this course.