Particle physics 1

This course is an introduction to the Standard Model of Particle Physics. We will first make an inventory of the elementary particles and their interactions. Then we will see how to use the theory of Lie groups to classify these elementary particles. Finally we will discuss the notion of electromagnetic interactions for charged particles without spin (scalar electrodynamics theory).

- To know the elementary particles,

- Know how to classify them using the theory of groups and their representations,

- Learn to calculate interaction probabilities using Feynman diagrams.

This course is an introduction to the basics of the "Particle Physics 2" module of semester 3 of the CCP Master.

- Electromagnetism

- Quantum Mechanics

- Special Relativity

- Classical Field Theory

- Analytical Mechanics

- Mathematical Physics

Recommended Prerequisites:

- Nuclear and Corpuscular Physics

Final exam, written test (2h) without document.

0 - Introduction

1) History

2) Quantum Field Theory

3) Systems of units

4) Reactions

I - Particles and Interactions

1) Classification according to the spin

2) Classification according to interactions

3) Types of interactions - Feynman diagrams

4) Particles and anti-particles

II - Symmetries and Quarks

1) Symmetry groups

2) SU(3) and the quark model

III - Scalar Electrodynamics

1) Special relativity

2) Wave function of a spinless particle

3) Electromagnetic interactions