Physics 745c - Spring 2013
Collider Physics
Contact Information
Learning Outcomes (includes Syllabus)
Course Policies and Classwork
Methods of Evaluation
Course Content
Times: MF 1:10 PM - 2:25 PM
Room: PSC 609
Professor: Prof. Milind V. Purohit
Office: PSC 609
Office Hours: Afternoons, by arrangement
Phone: 777-6996
Home Page: "Milind V. Purohit's Home Page"
By the end of the term, successful students should be able to understand the
following and use these concepts in research:
- Interaction cross-sections, decay rates and rapidity.
- Basic parameters of particle colliders.
- Weak boson intermediates and weak asymmetries.
- Initial and Final state radiation (ISR and FSR).
- Simple particle differential and total cross-sections.
- Specialization to e+ e- and hadronic collisions.
- Jets, jet production and jet identification.
- Parton Distribution Functions and weak boson production.
- General principles of new particle searches; the Higgs boson.
- Searches for Supersymmetry.
- Further searches for more exotic particles.
Students are expected to know undergraduate physics thoroughly, and
have a deep interest in collider physics, typical for students wishing
to pursue graduate or undergraduate research in this area. Also,
students should know mathematical methods of physics.
Course Policies (from CTE website):
The University of South Carolina has clearly articulated its policies
governing academic integrity and students are encouraged to carefully
review the policy on the Honor Code in the Carolina Community. Any
deviation from these expectations will result in academic penalties as
well as disciplinary action. The area of greatest potential risk for
inadvertent academic dishonesty is plagiarism. Plagiarism includes, but
is not limited to, paraphrasing or direct quotation of the published or
unpublished work of another person without full and clear
acknowledgement.
Classwork:
Classwork will consist of quizzes, on-board solutions of problems by
students and / or presentations. Students will be encouraged to
participate in discussions and demonstrate understanding in one or more
of these ways.
Students are evaluated through the semester using classwork and
homework.
Grading:
Students turning in less than 70% of homeworks will automatically earn
an F grade. For other students, the course score will be calculated as
follows:
Classwork: 40%, Homework: 60%.
Typical minimum scores for grades are as follows.
A: 90%. B+: 85%. B: 75%. C+: 70%. C: 60%. D: 50%.
Homework:
Homework problems will be assigned every week and will
be due at the Wednesday class of the next week.
Homework that is up to one week late earns 50% points; after that no
credit will be given.
Attendance: Mandatory!
The course content is derived from a variety of sources, including the
texts below.
Texts:
- Perelstein, Maxim. "Introduction to Collider Physics",
http://arxiv.org/abs/1002.0274
-
Griffiths, David. "Introduction to Elementary Particles",
Wiley-VCH; 2nd edition (October 13, 2008). ISBN: 978-3527406012.
[This is a highly recommended accompanying text.]
In this course we focus on basic concepts of collider physics:
luminosity, cross-sections, accelerators, ISR, FSR, hadronic radiation,
QCD, parton distributions, detectors and searches for new physics.
Office of Student Disability Services policy statement
"Any student with a documented disability should contact the Office of
Student Disability Services at 803-777-6142 to make arrangements for
appropriate accommodations."
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