- Docente: Angelo Carbone
- Credits: 6
- SSD: FIS/01
- Language: English
- Moduli: Angelo Carbone (Modulo 1) Maximiliano Sioli (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Advanced Methods in Particle Physics (cod. 5810)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Advanced Methods in Particle Physics (cod. 5810)
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Physics (cod. 9245)
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from Sep 25, 2023 to Oct 31, 2023
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from Nov 13, 2023 to Dec 19, 2023
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will become familiar with the basic concepts of heavy flavor and neutrino physics. He/she will be acquainted with the rich CKM and PMNS phenomenology, from CP violation in the hadronic and leptonic sectors up to search for New Physics through the measurement of rare decays.
Course contents
The course is divided into two modules:
- Module 1: weak hadronic interaction and CP violation (24 hours prof. Angelo Carbone)
- Module 2: flavour physics in the letponic sector (24 hours prof. Maximiliano Sioli)
For both modules, after a brief introduction of the theoretical framework, phenomenological and experimental aspects will be also presented.
Module 1: weak hadronic interaction and CP violation
The quark mixing and the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) matrix. The weak neutral current. Quantum mechanic oscillations in the K, D, and B meson systems and experimental results. CP violation in the K, D, and B meson decays and experimental results. The Unitarity Triangle of the CKM matrix and the current experimental knowledge. Rare K, D, and B decays and experimental results. The indirect search for New Physics with the flavor physics experiment.
Module 2: flavour physics in the letponic sector
Charged and neutral leptons in the Standard Model. Physics of massive neutrinos. Mechanisms of neutrino mass generation. Neutrino cross sections. Experimental searches in the framework of seesaw mechanisms (colliders, beam dumps). Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay. Flavor mixing and CP violation in the neutral sector. Short/medium/long baselines (accelerators and reactors). Connection with Cosmology. Leptogenesis. Dark sector. Flavor violation in the charged sector. Electron and muon magnetic dipole moments.
Readings/Bibliography
CP violation, Bigi and Sanda
Modern Particle Physics - Thomson, Mark
C. Giunti and C. W. Kim, “Fundamentals of Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics”, Oxford University Press, 2007
Teaching methods
The lecture will be held on the blackboard (or table) and are supplemented by video projection and slides.
Assessment methods
The exam will be written for both modules. Each of the two modules will have five questions, one of which is more detailed. It is possible to agree on a possible oral exam (optional and can be done only once for each written exam), if the written exam is passed. In agreement with the University regulations, it is possible to refuse the final grade only once. It is also specified that the grade of the last written piece is valid and not the best. During the exams, it is not possible to consult texts and notes. A calculator is allowed.
IMAPP students: please note that you have to complete all the exams before starting the internship in March, which means that the exams of this course must be given during the winter exam session.
Teaching tools
Lecture notes are available on https://virtuale.unibo.it
Office hours
See the website of Angelo Carbone
See the website of Maximiliano Sioli