Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
10 credits
52.5 h + 7.5 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
Bruno Giacomo; Lemaitre Vincent; Piotrzkowski Krzysztof;
Language
English
Prerequisites
LPHYS2131
Main themes
Principles and applications of particle acceleration - Accelerator physics - Neutrino physics - Dark matter - Precision measurements at low energies - Gravitational waves ' Cosmic microwave background ' Radio-telescopes.
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
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a. Contribution of the teaching unit to the learning outcomes of the programme (PHYS2M) 1.2,1.3,1.4, 1.6, 2.1,3.1, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.5, 8.1. b. Specific learning outcomes of the teaching unit At the end of this teaching unit, the student will be able to : 1. explain and discuss in detail the advanced experiments that have been setup in fundamental interactions physics ; 2. write a report that documents an experiment in physics of the fundamental interactions ; 3. link theoretical concepts to their manifestation in real environments ; 4. analyse the sources of uncertainty about an experimental measurement and evaluate their impact on the scientific conclusions of an experiment. |
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
Principles of particle acceleration. Underlying physics and experiment description for the following subjects : Higgs boson, top quark and beyond-the-Standard Model physics (LHC collider) - Flavour physics (experiments at B-factories and NA62) - Neutrino physics - Dark matter - Precision measurements at low energies (e.g. muon g-2, electron EDM,...) - Gravitational waves – Cosmic microwave background – Radio-telescopes.
Teaching methods
Lectures in class.
Integrative personal project, whose subject is left to the student’s choice.
Reading portfolio for personal study.
Integrative personal project, whose subject is left to the student’s choice.
Reading portfolio for personal study.
Evaluation methods
Evaluation of a personal project report.
Oral exam, partly based on the project report.
Oral exam, partly based on the project report.
Bibliography
Des diapositives de cours et des documents supplémentaires sur les sujets traités sont disponibles sur le site MoodleUCL de l’unité d’enseignement.
Course slides and additional documents on the subjects addressed are available on the MoodleUCL website of the teaching unit.
Course slides and additional documents on the subjects addressed are available on the MoodleUCL website of the teaching unit.
Faculty or entity
PHYS
