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| FIZ4002 | Fundamental Particles Physics | 3+0+0 | ECTS:6 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of PHYSICS | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Coşkun AYDIN | | Co-Lecturer | A.H.Yılmaz | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The main objective of this course is to provide the students basic concepts of fundamental particles physics. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | learn the main structure of the matter and the interactions between them. | 1,2,3 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | understand symmetries and conservation laws. | 1,2,3 | 1 | | LO - 3 : | understand the differential cross section. | 1,2,3 | 1, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Introduction, introduction to field theory, elementary particles, symmetries and conservations laws, cross section. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Historical Introduction to the Elementary Particles | | | Week 2 | Elementary Particle Dynamics | | | Week 3 | Relativistic Kinematics | | | Week 4 | Symmetries and Conservation Laws | | | Week 5 | Symmetries and Conservation Laws | | | Week 6 | C,P,T and CPT Theorem | | | Week 7 | First Exam | | | Week 8 | The Feynman Rules for a Toy Theory | | | Week 9 | The Feynman Rules for a Toy Theory | | | Week 10 | Scattering | | | Week 11 | The Dirac Equation, Solutions to The Dirac Equation and Bilinear Covariants | | | Week 12 | Second Exam | | | Week 13 | Electrodynamics of Quark and Hadrons | | | Week 14 | Electrodynamics of Quark and Hadrons | | | Week 15 | Electrodynamics of Quark and Hadrons | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Griffits,David.1987;Introduction to Elementary Particles,John Wiley. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 05/04/2014 | 2 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 30/05/2014 | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 4 | 14 | 56 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 15 | 1 | 15 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Ödev | 5 | 2 | 10 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 15 | 1 | 15 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Diğer 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 102 |
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