Particle physics 1

This course is an introduction to the Standard Model of Particle Physics. First, we'll take an inventory of elementary particles and their interactions. Then we'll see how to use Lie group theory to classify these elementary particles. Finally, we'll look at the notion of electromagnetic interactions for charged but spinless particles (scalar electrodynamics theory).

- Knowledge of elementary particles,

- 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 fundamentals required for the "Particle Physics 2" module in semester 3 of the CCP Master's program.

- Electromagnetism

- Quantum Mechanics

- Special Relativity

- Classical Field Theory

- Analytical Mechanics

- Mathematical Physics

Recommended prerequisites:

- Nuclear and Corpuscular Physics

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

0 - Introduction

1) Historical background

2) Quantum Field Theory

3) Systems of units

4) Reactions

I - Particles and Interactions

1) Spin classification

2) Classification by interaction

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