Fisica | THEORY OF FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS

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THEORY OF FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS

	0522600023
	DIPARTIMENTO DI FISICA "E.R. CAIANIELLO"

	PHYSICS
	2013/2014

PERCORSO COMUNE

	YEAR OF COURSE 1
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2010
	PRIMO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
FIS/02	4	32	LESSONS	SUPPLEMENTARY COMPULSORY SUBJECTS
FIS/02	2	24	EXERCISES	SUPPLEMENTARY COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

	Objectives
	THE STUDENT WHO FOLLOWS COURSES TOWARDS THE LAUREA SPECIALISTICA IN PHYSICS CANNOT IGNORE BASIC ELEMENTS OF THE NUCLEAR AND SUBNUCLEAR STRUCTURE OF THE MATTER, INDEPENDENTLY OF THE SPECIFIC PROFILE OF HIS SPECIALIZATION. THE GOAL OF THE COURSE IS TO PROVIDE BASICS OF THE CURRENT THEORETICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS AMONG THE ELEMENTARY COMPONENTS OF THE MATTER. ALTHOUGH THE COURSE IS OF THEORETICAL CHARACTER, ENOUGH ROOM WILL BE GIVEN TO PHENOMENOLOGY.

THE STUDENT WHO FOLLOWS COURSES TOWARDS THE LAUREA SPECIALISTICA IN PHYSICS CANNOT IGNORE BASIC ELEMENTS OF THE NUCLEAR AND SUBNUCLEAR STRUCTURE OF THE MATTER, INDEPENDENTLY OF THE SPECIFIC PROFILE OF HIS SPECIALIZATION. THE GOAL OF THE COURSE IS TO PROVIDE BASICS OF THE CURRENT THEORETICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS AMONG THE ELEMENTARY COMPONENTS OF THE MATTER. ALTHOUGH THE COURSE IS OF THEORETICAL CHARACTER, ENOUGH ROOM WILL BE GIVEN TO PHENOMENOLOGY.

	Prerequisites
	LAUREA TRIENNALE. THE COURSE IS ADDRESSED TO THE STUDENTS WITH CURRICULA ORIENTED TO THE HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY, AS WELL AS TO THE ONES WITH CURRICULA ORIENTED TO CONDENSED MATTER AND SOLID STATE PHYSICS, QUANTUM OPTICS, ASTROPHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY. THE REQUIRED MATHEMATICAL KNOWLEDGE IS THE ONE RECEIVED IN THE COURSES OF THE LAUREA TRIENNALE.

	Contents
	SUMMARY OF NOTIONS OF SYMMETRY AND INVARIANCE GROUPS AND CONSERVATION LAWS LEARNED IN OTHER COURSES FOLLOWED BY THE STUDENTS. FURTHER ANALYSIS AIMED TO THEIR APPLICATIONS TO THE SUBJECTS OF THE PRESENT COURSE. INTRODUCTION TO ABELIAN AND NON-ABELIAN GAUGE THEORIES. THE YANG AND MILLS FIELDS. PERTURBATIVE TECHNICS AND ELEMENTARY FEYNMANN GRAPHS. BASIC ASPECTS OF QED NECESSARY TO THE INTRODUCTION OF THE STANDARD MODEL OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES. WEAK INTERACTION. NEED FOR A BETTER THEORY AND THE GELL MANN AND MARSHAK MODEL. SPONTANEOUS BREAKDOWN OF SYMMETRY. THE NAMBU-GOLDSTONE MODEL AND THE BOSON CONDENSATION. NON-PERTURBATIVE PHYSICS AND QUANTUM FIELD THEORY. THE ANDERSON-HIGGS-KIBBLE MECHANISM. ELECTRO-WEAK UNIFICATION AND THE STANDARD MODEL FOR THE ELEMENTARY PARTICLES. MIXING AND OSCILLATIONS OF NEUTRINOS AND MESONS. QUARK MODELS. NON-ABELIAN GAUGE, COLOR AND GLUONS. INTRODUCTION TO QCD. SOLITONS AND TOPOLOGICALLY NON TRIVIAL SOLUTIONS, VORTICES, MONOPOLES AND INSTANTONS. GRAND UNIFICATION. SU(5) MODEL. INTRODUCTORY NOTIONS OF SUPERSYMMETRIC THEORIES.

Contents

SUMMARY OF NOTIONS OF SYMMETRY AND INVARIANCE GROUPS AND CONSERVATION LAWS LEARNED IN OTHER COURSES FOLLOWED BY THE STUDENTS. FURTHER ANALYSIS AIMED TO THEIR APPLICATIONS TO THE SUBJECTS OF THE PRESENT COURSE. INTRODUCTION TO ABELIAN AND NON-ABELIAN GAUGE THEORIES. THE YANG AND MILLS FIELDS. PERTURBATIVE TECHNICS AND ELEMENTARY FEYNMANN GRAPHS. BASIC ASPECTS OF QED NECESSARY TO THE INTRODUCTION OF THE STANDARD MODEL OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES. WEAK INTERACTION. NEED FOR A BETTER THEORY AND THE GELL MANN AND MARSHAK MODEL. SPONTANEOUS BREAKDOWN OF SYMMETRY. THE NAMBU-GOLDSTONE MODEL AND THE BOSON CONDENSATION. NON-PERTURBATIVE PHYSICS AND QUANTUM FIELD THEORY. THE ANDERSON-HIGGS-KIBBLE MECHANISM. ELECTRO-WEAK UNIFICATION AND THE STANDARD MODEL FOR THE ELEMENTARY PARTICLES. MIXING AND OSCILLATIONS OF NEUTRINOS AND MESONS. QUARK MODELS. NON-ABELIAN GAUGE, COLOR AND GLUONS. INTRODUCTION TO QCD. SOLITONS AND TOPOLOGICALLY NON TRIVIAL SOLUTIONS, VORTICES, MONOPOLES AND INSTANTONS. GRAND UNIFICATION. SU(5) MODEL. INTRODUCTORY NOTIONS OF SUPERSYMMETRIC THEORIES.

	Teaching Methods
	THE STUDENT IS OBLIGED TO FOLLOW THE LECTURES AND TO PARTICIPATE WITH HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DISCUSSIONS DURING THE PRESENTATIONS OF SPECIALISTIC SUBJECTS. HE MUST ALSO PARTICIPATE ACTIVELY TO THE EXERCISE SOLUTION CLASSES AND SHOW HIS CAPABILITY IN PROBLEM SOLVING. THE STUDENT IS REQUIRED TO BE ABLE TO EXPOSE IN CLEAR AND SYNTETIC MANNER THE MATTER PRESENTED DURING THE LECTURES AND TO FORMULATE AUTONOMOUS JUDJEMENTS. THE PERMANENT INTERACTION WITH THE STUDENT AND THE COMMON DISCUSSIONS DURING THE LECTURES ALLOWS A NON SUPERFICIAL JUDGEMENT OF THE STUDENT PREPARATION. THE FINAL ORAL EXAMINATION INCLUDES A BRIEF REPORT BY THE STUDENT ON A SUBJECT CHOSEN AMONG A NUMBER PROSED BY THE PROFESSOR.

Teaching Methods

THE STUDENT IS OBLIGED TO FOLLOW THE LECTURES AND TO PARTICIPATE WITH HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DISCUSSIONS DURING THE PRESENTATIONS OF SPECIALISTIC SUBJECTS. HE MUST ALSO PARTICIPATE ACTIVELY TO THE EXERCISE SOLUTION CLASSES AND SHOW HIS CAPABILITY IN PROBLEM SOLVING. THE STUDENT IS REQUIRED TO BE ABLE TO EXPOSE IN CLEAR AND SYNTETIC MANNER THE MATTER PRESENTED DURING THE LECTURES AND TO FORMULATE AUTONOMOUS JUDJEMENTS.
THE PERMANENT INTERACTION WITH THE STUDENT AND THE COMMON DISCUSSIONS DURING THE LECTURES ALLOWS A NON SUPERFICIAL JUDGEMENT OF THE STUDENT PREPARATION. THE FINAL ORAL EXAMINATION INCLUDES A BRIEF REPORT BY THE STUDENT ON A SUBJECT CHOSEN AMONG A NUMBER PROSED BY THE PROFESSOR.

	Verification of learning
	THE STUDENT IS OBLIGED TO FOLLOW THE LECTURES AND TO PARTICIPATE WITH HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DISCUSSIONS DURING THE PRESENTATIONS OF SPECIALISTIC SUBJECTS. HE MUST ALSO PARTICIPATE ACTIVELY TO THE EXERCISE SOLUTION CLASSES AND SHOW HIS CAPABILITY IN PROBLEM SOLVING. THE STUDENT IS REQUIRED TO BE ABLE TO EXPOSE IN CLEAR AND SYNTETIC MANNER THE MATTER PRESENTED DURING THE LECTURES AND TO FORMULATE AUTONOMOUS JUDJEMENTS. THE PERMANENT INTERACTION WITH THE STUDENT AND THE COMMON DISCUSSIONS DURING THE LECTURES ALLOWS A NON SUPERFICIAL JUDGEMENT OF THE STUDENT PREPARATION. THE FINAL ORAL EXAMINATION INCLUDES A BRIEF REPORT BY THE STUDENT ON A SUBJECT CHOSEN AMONG A NUMBER PROSED BY THE PROFESSOR.

Verification of learning

	Texts
	J. LEITE LOPEZ, GAUGE FIELD THEORIES: AN INTRODUCTION, PERGAMON PRESS, OXFORD 1981 H.UMEZAWA AND G. VITIELLO, QUANTUM MECHANICS, BIBLIOPOLIS, NAPOLI 1985 I.J.R. AITCHISON AND A. J. G.HEY, GAUGE THEORIES IN PARTICLE PHYSICS: A PRACTICAL INTRODUCTION, ADAM HILGER, PHILADELPHIA 1989 S.S. SCHWEBER, AN INTRODUCTION TO RELATIVISTIC QFT, HARPER&ROW, N.Y. 1961 F.E. CLOSE, AN INTRODUCTION TO QUARKS AND PARTONS, ACADEMIC PRESS, N.Y. 1979 M.BLASONE, P.JIZBA AND G.VITIELLO, QUANTUM FIELD THEORY AND ITS MACROSCOPIC MANIFESTATIONS, IMPERIAL COLLEGE PRESS, LONDON 2011 B.POVH, K.RITH, C.SCHOLZ, F.ZETSCHE, PARTICELLE E NUCLEI, BOLLATI BORINGHIERI, TORINO 1998 ARTICOLI DA RIVISTE SPECIALISTICHE PROPOSTI A LEZIONE.

Texts

J. LEITE LOPEZ, GAUGE FIELD THEORIES: AN INTRODUCTION, PERGAMON PRESS, OXFORD 1981
H.UMEZAWA AND G. VITIELLO, QUANTUM MECHANICS, BIBLIOPOLIS, NAPOLI 1985
I.J.R. AITCHISON AND A. J. G.HEY, GAUGE THEORIES IN PARTICLE PHYSICS: A PRACTICAL INTRODUCTION, ADAM HILGER, PHILADELPHIA 1989
S.S. SCHWEBER, AN INTRODUCTION TO RELATIVISTIC QFT, HARPER&ROW, N.Y. 1961
F.E. CLOSE, AN INTRODUCTION TO QUARKS AND PARTONS, ACADEMIC PRESS, N.Y. 1979
M.BLASONE, P.JIZBA AND G.VITIELLO, QUANTUM FIELD THEORY AND ITS MACROSCOPIC MANIFESTATIONS, IMPERIAL COLLEGE PRESS, LONDON 2011
B.POVH, K.RITH, C.SCHOLZ, F.ZETSCHE, PARTICELLE E NUCLEI, BOLLATI BORINGHIERI, TORINO 1998

ARTICOLI DA RIVISTE SPECIALISTICHE PROPOSTI A LEZIONE.

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