Print syllabusHiggs Physics
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| Course ID: | 1102-684 |
| Erasmus code / ISCED: |
13.205
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| Course title: | Higgs Physics |
| Name in Polish: | Higgs Physics (Mechanizm Higgsa) |
| Organizational unit: | Faculty of Physics |
| Course groups: |
Courses in English |
| ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
(not available)
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| Language: | English |
| Prerequisites (description): | (in Polish) Wymagana znajomość mechaniki kwantowej i wstępnych wiadomości z teorii cząstek elementarnych. |
| Mode: | Classroom |
| Short description: |
Higgs mechanism, which is implemented in the Standard Model and its extensions, exploits the idea of the spontaneous electroweak symmetry breaking. |
| Full description: |
Mass generation is still an open problem of the particle physics. A widely accepted Higgs mechanism, which is implemented in the Standard Model, exploits the idea of the spontaneous electroweak symmetry breaking. This mechanism leads to the consistent description of physical processes, gives masses to the gauge bosons W and Z, as well as to the fermions and predicts an existence of the neutral spin-0 particle - the Higgs boson. In the extensions of the Standard Model, like the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model, more Higgs bosons are expected - also the charged ones. A real hunting for Higgs boson(s) at all colliders is going on, and there is a clear strategy how to perform it at future experiments. The aim of this lecture is to introduce the Higgs mechanism in the Standard Model and beyond, and to give an overview of the present statues of "hunting" at the LEP, TEVATRON as well as expectations for the LHC and the planned ILC experiments. Plan: Symmetries and symmetry breaking Standard Model of the Electroweak Interaction Symmetry of the sigma model The fermions in the Standard Model (for $n_g$ generations) General properties of the CKM matrix (for $n_g$ generations) Weak-basis invariants and CP-violation (for $n_g$ generations) Gauge interaction of scalars Self-interaction of scalars Low energy theorem for the Higgs particles in the SM Problems of the SM and a need of the extension Multi-Higgs Doublet Models ($n_d$ - number of doublets) Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) Fenomenological constraints on the Higgs sector in SM, MSSM and 2HDM. Description by Maria Krawczyk, November 2010 |
| Bibliography: |
1. Collider Physics V. Barger, R. Phillips 2. Higgs Sector (CERN Note 1994) M. Veltman 3. CP violation - G. Branco et al. 4. An informal introduction to gauge field theories - I. Aitchison 5. scientific publications |
| Learning outcomes: |
(in Polish) WIEDZA 1. zna mechanizm spontanicznego łamania symetrii dyskretnej i ciągłej 2. zna mechanizm spontanicznego łamania symetrii cechowania 3. zna Model Standardowy 4. zna sektor Higgsa w Modelu Standardowym i w modelach z wieloma dubletami Higgsa 5. zna własności cząstek Higgsa w różnych modelach UMIEJĘTNOŚCI 1. umie policzyć amplitudę rozpraszania bozonów Goldstona 2. umie sprawdzić łamanie symetrii kombinowanej CP w modelach w wieloma dubletami Higgsa 3. umie zastosować twierdzenia niskoenergetyczne dla cząstki Higgsa POSTAWY 1. Poznaje metody badawcze stosowane w teorii cząstek elementarnych, w tym stosowalność brzytwy Ockhama 2. Umie rozróżnić wagę różnych hipotez i nie ulegać "modzie" popularnych modeli |
| Assessment methods and assessment criteria: |
(in Polish) 1. kolokwium 2. opracowanie jednego tematu 3. egzamin pisemny z całości |
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