Elementary particle physics

Standard model is a theory describing elementary particles and interactions between them. Theoretically anticipated relations of the standard model have until now been in compliance with experimental facts; the model had also predicted the existence of a variety of new particles in the past that were later also discovered. The course provides theoretical basis for mathematical treatment of phenomena in particle physics.

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1. Gauge invariance of the standard model.
2. Spontaneous symmetry breaking.
3. The Goldstone's theorem.
4. Higgs mechanism.
5. Examples of symmetry breaking.
6. The Standard model of electroweak interactions.
7. Fermion generations, intergenerational mixing.
8. Phenomenology of neutral currents.
9. W and Z boson physics.
10. Higgs boson physics.
11. Neutrino oscillations.

Students will learn the mathematical basics of the standard model and mechanisms, affecting the properties of elementary particles and their relations. The acquired knowledge deepens the fundamental understanding of nature and enables an in-depth understanding of processes around us. With the acquired knowledge from this field, students will be able to continue their studies in third-level Physics. The understanding of the Standard model is a good foundation for further studies in the field of astrophysics.

• D. Griffiths, Introduction to Elementary Particles, Wiley (1987). Catalogue E-version
• D.H. Perkins, Introduction to High Energy Physics, Cambridge Univ. Press (2000). E-version
• F. Halzen, A.D. Martin, Quarks and Leptons, Introductory course in modern particle physics, Wiley (1984). Catalogue E-version
• W.N. Cottingham, D.A. Greenwood, An introduction to the Standard Model of particle physics, Cambridge Univ. Press (2007). E-version

• written tests, writen exam
• oral exam

Prof. dr. Andrej Filipčič je redni profesor na področju fizike na Univerzi v Novi Gorici. Prof. dr. Andrej Filipčič is full professor of physics at the University of Nova Gorica.

Izbrane objave / selected publications:

1. ATLAS Collaboration, AAD, G., CINDRO, Vladimir, DELIYERGIYEV, Maksym, FILIPČIČ, Andrej, FRATINA, Saša, GORIŠEK, Andrej, KERŠEVAN, Borut Paul, KRAMBERGER, Gregor, MAČEK, Boštjan, MANDIĆ, Igor, MIJOVIĆ, Liza, MIKUŽ, Marko, TYKHONOV, Andrii, et al. Search for a multi-Higgs-boson cascade in W[sup]+W[sup]-b[bar]b events with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at [square root] s = 8 TeV. Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology, ISSN 1550-7998, 2013, vol. 89, no. 3, str. 032002-1-032002-23, doi:
   10.1103/PhysRevD.89.032002. [COBISS.SI-ID 27604263]

2. AUGER Collaboration, AAB, A., FILIPČIČ, Andrej, STANIČ, Samo, VEBERIČ, Darko, ZAVRTANIK, Danilo, ZAVRTANIK, Marko, et al. Probing the radio emission from air showers with polarization measurements. Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology, ISSN 1550-7998, 2014, vol. 89, no. 5, str. 052002-1-052002-18, doi:
   10.1103/PhysRevD.89.052002. [COBISS.SI-ID 3284731]

3. ATLAS Collaboration, AAD, G., CINDRO, Vladimir, DELIYERGIYEV, Maksym, FILIPČIČ, Andrej, FRATINA, Saša, GORIŠEK, Andrej, KERŠEVAN, Borut Paul, KRAMBERGER, Gregor, MAČEK, Boštjan, MANDIĆ, Igor, MIJOVIĆ, Liza, MIKUŽ, Marko, TYKHONOV, Andrii, et al. Measurement of the inclusive isolated prompt photons cross section in pp collisions at [square root] s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector using 4.6 fbsup. Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology, ISSN 1550-7998, 2013, vol. 89, no. 5, str. 052004-1-052004-
   24, doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.89.052004. [COBISS.SI-ID 27604007]

4. ATLAS Collaboration, AAD, G., CINDRO, Vladimir, DELIYERGIYEV, Maksym, FILIPČIČ, Andrej, FRATINA, Saša, GORIŠEK, Andrej, KERŠEVAN, Borut Paul, KRAMBERGER, Gregor, MAČEK, Boštjan, MANDIĆ, Igor, MIJOVIĆ, Liza, MIKUŽ, Marko, TYKHONOV, Andrii, et al. Measurement of the mass difference between top and anti-top quarks in pp collisions at [square root] = 7 TeV using the ATLAS detector. Physics letters. Section B, ISSN 0370-2693. [Print ed.], 2014, vol. 728, str. 363-379, doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2013.12.010. [COBISS.SI-ID 27601447]