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

Course content

The standard model for electroweak and strong interactions. Feynman rules. Quantitative comparing of theory and experiments for scattering and disintegration processes. Neutrino physics. CKM mass mixing matrix. Higgs mechanism, supersymmetry and unified theories. Experiments from accelerators and astroparticle physics.

Learning outcome

The students are given an introduction to elementary particle physics that allows them to prepare for a master or PhD degree in this field. Tools are used to calculate and simulate various high energy processes.

After the course, students are expected to know about:

• Feynman rules
• Neutrino physics
• Higgs mechanism
• CKM mass mixing matrix
• Experiments from accelerators and astroparticle physics
• The Standard Model (SM) for Electroweak (EW) and Strong interactions (QCD)
• Beyond the SM theories, such as supersymmetry (SUSY) and Grand unified theories (GUT)
• Quantitative comparison of theory and experiments for scattering and disintegration processes

After the course, students are expected to:

• Compare analytical calculations to predictions of simulation programmes such as CompHEPRead publications in the field of particle physics.
• Calculate, using Feynman techniques, cross sections for various processes, as well as decay widths or lifetimes of particle resonances.
• Interpret experimental results within or beyond the Standard Model.
• Write project reports and prepare and hold short presentations.

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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Recommended previous knowledge

FYS3110 - Quantum mechanics, FYS3510 - Subatomic physics with applications in astrophysics and FYS4170 - Relativistic quantum field theory.

Overlapping courses

10 credits overlap against FYS381 and FYS382.

10 credits with FYS4560 - Elementary particle physics

Teaching

The course extends over a full semester with 4 hours of teaching per week (lectures and colloquia). This course is also given to students at master level. For PhD students, extra questions will be added for each of the obligatory projects, as well as the final project exam. These will require some additional material (extra calculations, reading of scientific publications within the field, interpretation of recent experimental results within current theories).

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Examination

2-4 compulsory exercises (approx. 30% weight). 1 project work (approx. 30% weight). Final oral exam (approx. 40% weight).

Examination support material

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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.