Fisica | THEORY OF FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS

cod. 0522600023

THEORY OF FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS

	0522600023
	DIPARTIMENTO DI FISICA "E.R. CAIANIELLO"
	EQF7
	PHYSICS
	2016/2017

PERCORSO COMUNE

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 1
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2014
	SECONDO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	FIS/02	6	48	LESSONS	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS

PROFESSORS

	MASSIMO BLASONE T Curriculum
	GAETANO LAMBIASE Curriculum

	Objectives
	THE COURSE MAKES STUDENTS ACQUIRE AN ADEQUATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE NUCLEAR AND SUBNUCLEAR STRUCTURE OF THE MATTER. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: 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. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: THE COURSE WILL GIVE THE POSSIBILITY OF UNDERSTANDING THE MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PHYSICS OF FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS IN A COHERENT FORMAL SETTING AND UNDER A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE.

THE COURSE MAKES STUDENTS ACQUIRE AN ADEQUATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE NUCLEAR AND SUBNUCLEAR STRUCTURE OF THE MATTER.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
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.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
THE COURSE WILL GIVE THE POSSIBILITY OF UNDERSTANDING THE MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PHYSICS OF FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS IN A COHERENT FORMAL SETTING AND UNDER A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE.

	Prerequisites
	A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF THE ARGUMENTS STUDIED DURING THE THREE-YEAR DEGREE (LAUREA TRIENNALE DI PRIMO LIVELLO) IS REQUIRED, WITH A SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE FUNDAMENTALS OF NUCLEAR AND SUBNUCLEAR PHYSICS.

	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 FEYNMAN 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 FEYNMAN 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 STRONGLY RECOMMENDED TO ATTEND THE LECTURES AND TO PARTICIPATE WITH HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DISCUSSIONS DURING THE PRESENTATIONS OF SPECIALISTIC SUBJECTS. THE PERMANENT INTERACTION WITH THE STUDENT AND THE COMMON DISCUSSIONS DURING THE LECTURES ALLOWS A NON-SUPERFICIAL JUDGEMENT IN ITINERE OF THE STUDENT PREPARATION.

	Verification of learning
	THE FINAL ORAL EXAMINATION INCLUDES A BRIEF REPORT BY THE STUDENT ON A SUBJECT CHOSEN AMONG A NUMBER PROPOSED BY THE TEACHER. THE STUDENT IS REQUIRED TO BE ABLE TO EXPOSE IN A CLEAR AND SYNTETIC MANNER THE TOPICS PRESENTED DURING THE LECTURES AND TO FORMULATE AUTONOMOUS JUDGEMENTS. HE MUST ALSO SHOW HIS CAPABILITY IN PROBLEM SOLVING.

	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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