Fisica | NUCLEAR AND SUBNUCLEAR PHYSICS

cod. 0522600030

NUCLEAR AND SUBNUCLEAR PHYSICS

	0522600030
	DIPARTIMENTO DI FISICA "E.R. CAIANIELLO"
	EQF7
	PHYSICS
	2017/2018

PERCORSO COMUNE

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 1
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017
	SECONDO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	FIS/01	6	48	LESSONS	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS

PROFESSORS

	GIUSEPPE GRELLA T Curriculum
	SALVATORE DE PASQUALE Curriculum

	Objectives
	KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: THE COURSE PROVIDES A WIDE AND DEEP PICTURE OF THE EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE THAT LED TO THE STANDARD MODEL OF FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS AND ON THE OPEN ISSUES OF RESEARCH. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO WORK OUT EXERCISES OR EXAMPLES UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE TEACHER. THEY ARE ALSO STIMULATED TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CONCEPT DESIGN FOR HIGH-ENERGY EXPERIMENTS. COMMUNICATION SKILLS: STUDENTS ARE STIMULATED TO EXPLAIN CLEARLY AND RIGOROUSLY THE KNOWLEDGE THEY ACQUIRE. AT THE END OF THE COURSE THEY ARE REQUIRED TO CORRECTLY STATE THE SUBJECTS AND PROBLEMS OF THE COURSE, WHILE MASTERING THE FORMALISM USED IN SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION ABOUT FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS. MAKING JUDGEMENTS: STUDENTS ARE LED TO LEARN WITH A CRITICAL APPROACH ALL THE SUBJECTS EXPLAINED BY THE TEACHER. EACH EXPERIMENTAL RESULT IS ANALYZED FROM PRACTICAL AND TECHNICAL POINTS OF VIEW, FOCUSING BOTH ON THE INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS AND ON THEIR CONNECTION TO THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK. THE SUBJECTS ARE SHOWN IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, SO THAT STUDENTS CAN DISCUSS THEM IN THE HISTORICAL AND LOGICAL CONTEXT OF EVOLVING KNOWLEDGE. THE CRITICAL CAPABILITIES ARE EXPECTED TO GROW, EVENTUALLY HELPING BOTH IN A FUTURE RESEARCH ACTIVITY AND IN PRACTICAL APPLICATION. CONTINUING EDUCATION: AT THE END OF THE COURSE, THE STUDENTS MUST HAVE A CONSISTENT PICTURE OF THE STANDARD MODEL OF PARTICLE INTERACTION, SO THAT THEY CAN AUTONOMOUSLY UNDERSTAND A TYPICAL PAPER OF A PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL CONCERNING THE PHYSICS OF FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
THE COURSE PROVIDES A WIDE AND DEEP PICTURE OF THE EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE THAT LED TO THE STANDARD MODEL OF FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS AND ON THE OPEN ISSUES OF RESEARCH.
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO WORK OUT EXERCISES OR EXAMPLES UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE TEACHER. THEY ARE ALSO STIMULATED TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CONCEPT DESIGN FOR HIGH-ENERGY EXPERIMENTS.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS:
STUDENTS ARE STIMULATED TO EXPLAIN CLEARLY AND RIGOROUSLY THE KNOWLEDGE THEY ACQUIRE. AT THE END OF THE COURSE THEY ARE REQUIRED TO CORRECTLY STATE THE SUBJECTS AND PROBLEMS OF THE COURSE, WHILE MASTERING THE FORMALISM USED IN SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION ABOUT FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS.
MAKING JUDGEMENTS:
STUDENTS ARE LED TO LEARN WITH A CRITICAL APPROACH ALL THE SUBJECTS EXPLAINED BY THE TEACHER. EACH EXPERIMENTAL RESULT IS ANALYZED FROM PRACTICAL AND TECHNICAL POINTS OF VIEW, FOCUSING BOTH ON THE INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS AND ON THEIR CONNECTION TO THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK. THE SUBJECTS ARE SHOWN IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, SO THAT STUDENTS CAN DISCUSS THEM IN THE HISTORICAL AND LOGICAL CONTEXT OF EVOLVING KNOWLEDGE. THE CRITICAL CAPABILITIES ARE EXPECTED TO GROW, EVENTUALLY HELPING BOTH IN A FUTURE RESEARCH ACTIVITY AND IN PRACTICAL APPLICATION.
CONTINUING EDUCATION:
AT THE END OF THE COURSE, THE STUDENTS MUST HAVE A CONSISTENT PICTURE OF THE STANDARD MODEL OF PARTICLE INTERACTION, SO THAT THEY CAN AUTONOMOUSLY UNDERSTAND A TYPICAL PAPER OF A PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL CONCERNING THE PHYSICS OF FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS.

	Prerequisites
	QUANTUM MECHANICS, COMPOSITION OF ANGULAR MOMENTA, CONTINUOUS SYMMETRIES. CLASSICAL ELECTROMAGNETISM AND SPECIAL RELATIVITY. RELATIVISTIC WAVE EQUATIONS OF MAXWELL, KLEIN-GORDON AND DIRAC. LAGRANGIAN FORMALISM AND PERTURBATIVE EXPANSION (FEYNMAN DIAGRAMS). COLLISION THEORY AND PARTIAL WAVE DECOMPOSITION. KNOWLEDGE OF FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF ATOMIC AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS. RADIOACTIVE DECAYS. NUCLEAR MODELS. PARTICLE CLASSIFICATION.

Prerequisites

QUANTUM MECHANICS, COMPOSITION OF ANGULAR MOMENTA, CONTINUOUS SYMMETRIES. CLASSICAL ELECTROMAGNETISM AND SPECIAL RELATIVITY. RELATIVISTIC WAVE EQUATIONS OF MAXWELL, KLEIN-GORDON AND DIRAC. LAGRANGIAN FORMALISM AND PERTURBATIVE EXPANSION (FEYNMAN DIAGRAMS). COLLISION THEORY AND PARTIAL WAVE DECOMPOSITION. KNOWLEDGE OF FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF ATOMIC AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS. RADIOACTIVE DECAYS. NUCLEAR MODELS. PARTICLE CLASSIFICATION.

	Contents
	WEAK INTERACTIONS. EXPERIMENTAL FOUNDATIONS OF V-A THEORY. WEAK DECAY OF THE ADRONS AND CORNER OF CABIBBO. OSCILLATIONS OF STRANGULATION. GIM MODEL. VIOLATION OF CP IN WEAK INTERACTION AND INTRODUCTION OF THE CKM MATRIX. ELECTROWEAK UNIFICATION AND EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION OF THE W AND Z VECTOR VECTORS OF THE BOSONS. EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE OF THE HIGGS BOSON. NEUTRINO OSCILLATIONS. STRONG INTERACTIONS. STATIC QUARK MODEL. QUARKONIUM, CHARMONIUM, BOTTOMONIO. EXPERIMENTS ON DEEP INELASTIC SCATTERING AND PARTICLE MODELING AND CONNECTION WITH THE QUARK MODEL. QCD AND THE PROBLEM OF CONFINEMENT. COMPARISON OF EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS OF PARTITION DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS WITH EVOLUTION EQUATIONS. PHYSICS OF ULTRARELATIVISTIC HEAVY IONS. ADONIC JETS. EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE OF DECONFINEMENT AND QUARK-GLUON-PLASMA.

Contents

WEAK INTERACTIONS. EXPERIMENTAL FOUNDATIONS OF V-A THEORY. WEAK DECAY OF THE ADRONS AND CORNER OF CABIBBO. OSCILLATIONS OF STRANGULATION. GIM MODEL. VIOLATION OF CP IN WEAK INTERACTION AND INTRODUCTION OF THE CKM MATRIX. ELECTROWEAK UNIFICATION AND EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION OF THE W AND Z VECTOR VECTORS OF THE BOSONS. EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE OF THE HIGGS BOSON. NEUTRINO OSCILLATIONS.

STRONG INTERACTIONS. STATIC QUARK MODEL. QUARKONIUM, CHARMONIUM, BOTTOMONIO. EXPERIMENTS ON DEEP INELASTIC SCATTERING AND PARTICLE MODELING AND CONNECTION WITH THE QUARK MODEL. QCD AND THE PROBLEM OF CONFINEMENT. COMPARISON OF EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS OF PARTITION DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS WITH EVOLUTION EQUATIONS. PHYSICS OF ULTRARELATIVISTIC HEAVY IONS. ADONIC JETS. EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE OF DECONFINEMENT AND QUARK-GLUON-PLASMA.

	Teaching Methods
	TEACHING CONSISTS OF 32 HOURS OF FRONTAL LESSONS AND 16 HOURS OF EXERCISES. LESSONS AND EXERCISES WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED ON THE TOPICS OUTLINED WITH THE AID OF AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL. EXERCISES WILL INCLUDE THE DIRECT PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS WHO WILL BE INVITED TO ATTEND AND DISCUSS THE EXERCISES PROPOSED BY THE TEACHER IN THE CLASSROOM TOGETHER WITH THE REST OF THE CLASS.

	Verification of learning
	THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE OBJECTIVES AND THE VERIFICATION OF THE ABILITY TO APPLY AND DEVELOP IN A CRITICAL AND AUTONOMOUS WAY THE EXPOSED ARGUMENTS WILL BE CERTIFIED BY A FINAL ORAL EXAM WITH GRADES ON A SCALE OF 30 AND FROM THE DISCUSSION OF A CANDIDATE'S WORK ON A SPECIFIC TOPIC PROPOSED BY THE TEACHER.

	Texts
	1.J. M. BLATT, V. F. WEISSKOPF: THEORETICAL NUCLEAR PHYSICS, SPRINGER-VERLAG, 1979 2.S. BRAIBANT, G. GIACOMELLI, M SPURIO: PARTICLES AND FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS, SPRINGER. ISBN 978-94-007-2463 3.J. HOREJSI: FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTROWEAK THEORY, CHARLES UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE, THE KAROLINIUM PRESS, ISBN: 80-246-0639-9 4.R. N. CAHN AND G. GOLDHABER: THE EXPERIMENTAL FOUNDATIONS OF PARTICLE PHYSICS (PAPERBACK), CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Texts

1.J. M. BLATT, V. F. WEISSKOPF: THEORETICAL NUCLEAR PHYSICS, SPRINGER-VERLAG, 1979
2.S. BRAIBANT, G. GIACOMELLI, M SPURIO: PARTICLES AND FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS, SPRINGER. ISBN 978-94-007-2463
3.J. HOREJSI: FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTROWEAK THEORY, CHARLES UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE, THE KAROLINIUM PRESS, ISBN: 80-246-0639-9
4.R. N. CAHN AND G. GOLDHABER: THE EXPERIMENTAL FOUNDATIONS OF PARTICLE PHYSICS (PAPERBACK), CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS.