COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYSICS II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PHY 4108 ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYSICS II ELECTIVE 2 2 0 7

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 fundamental forces in nature, the basic concepts of Standard Model and fundamental interactions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Fundamental forces, understanding of physics behind the laws of nature and the interactions between the particles
2   Computational techniques for the interaction between the particles
3   Basic concepts of Gauge theories
4   Establishing an infrastructure for graduate-level program in Particle Physics

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Quantum Electrodynamics (QED)
2 The Feynman Rules for QED and Casimir s Trick
3 Electrodynamics of Quarks and Hadrons
4 The Parton Model and Bjorken Scattering
5 MIDTERM-I
6 Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD)
7 Feynman Rules for QCD
8 Weak Interactions
9 Charged and Neutral Weak Interactions
10 Electroweak Unification
11 MIDTERM-II
12 Gauge Theories
13 Yang-Mills Theories
14 The Higgs Mechanism

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 will be count as the achievements of students for the course.
2. Final exam will be added to the achievements of students for the course (to the 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)
Lectures 12 2 24
Tutorials 12 2 24
Preparing assignments 10 2 20
Preparation for midterm exam 2 4 8
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 24 4 96
Midterm 2 3 6
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 185

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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