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Particle Physics and the Standard Model

Prof. Nirmal Raj · IISc Bangalore

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Lectures

Week 1 Symmetry in particle physics: basics

  1. Lec 01 Introduction to the course Video
  2. Lec 02 Field content and symmetries Video
  3. Lec 03 Stability of particles vs symmetry Video
  4. Lec 04 Parity Video
  5. Lec 05 Parity violation Video

Week 2 Discrete symmetries

  1. Lec 06 Charge conjugation Video
  2. Lec 07 CP and CPT symmetries Video
  3. Lec 08 CP violation in weak forces Video
  4. Lec 09 CP violation and time reversal Video
  5. Lec 10 Special lecture: Feynman diagrams Video

Week 3 Continuous symmetries

  1. Lec 11 More Feynman diagrams Video
  2. Lec 12 Spin & statistics Video
  3. Lec 13 “Spinors”: round 1 Video
  4. Lec 14 Introduction to group theory. Video
  5. Lec 15 Isospin Video

Week 4 Introducing quantum field theory

  1. Lec 16 Consequences of isospin Video
  2. Lec 17 Continuous groups Video
  3. Lec 18 Introduction to quantum field theory Video
  4. Lec 19 Action principle Video
  5. Lec 20 Spin-0 fields: zero-point energy Video

Week 5 Constructing Lagrangians of fields

  1. Lec 21 Cosmological constant problem Video
  2. Lec 22 Spin-1 fields Video
  3. Lec 23 Proca Lagrangian Video
  4. Lec 24 Maxwell Lagrangian Video
  5. Lec 25 Spin-1/2 fields: Dirac Lagrangian Video

Week 6 Spinors and gauge invariance

  1. Lec 26 Lorentz group Video
  2. Lec 27 Spinors: round 2 Video
  3. Lec 28 Gauge invariance & QED Video
  4. Lec 29 Non-abelian gauges Video
  5. Lec 30 Asymptotic freedom Video

Week 7 Building and breaking the Standard Model

  1. Lec 31 Standard Model field content Video
  2. Lec 32 The Higgs field Video
  3. Lec 33 Breaking symmetry: round 1 Video
  4. Lec 34 Breaking symmetry: round 2 Video
  5. Lec 35 Goldstone’s theorem Video

Week 8 Fermion flavour mixing

  1. Lec 36 Higgs mechanism Video
  2. Lec 37 CKM matrix Video
  3. Lec 38 CKM parameterisation Video
  4. Lec 39 Weak CP violation. Video
  5. Lec 40 FCNCs and PMNS matrix Video

Week 9 Neutrino oscillations

  1. Lec 41 Unitarity triangles Video
  2. Lec 42 Neutrino oscillations Video
  3. Lec 43 Oscillation length Video
  4. Lec 44 Atmospheric neutrinos Video
  5. Lec 45 Solar neutrinos and matter effects Video

Week 10 Introduction to particle experiments

  1. Lec 46 Neutrino mass ordering Video
  2. Lec 47 Neutrino experiments Video
  3. Lec 48 Particle collider configurations Video
  4. Lec 49 Cross section Video
  5. Lec 50 Deriving 2-to-2 cross section Video

Week 11 Cross sections and decay rates

  1. Lec 51 Centre-of-momentum frame cross section Video
  2. Lec 52 Particle decay Video
  3. Lec 53 Proton decay Video
  4. Lec 54 Dimensionality of time and particle decay Video
  5. Lec 55 Scattering without QFT Video

Week 12 Cross sections and decay rates

  1. Lec 56 Forward-backward asymmetry Video
  2. Lec 57 Deep inelastic scattering Video
  3. Lec 58 Quark parton model, summary of course Video

Live Session

  1. Live Session 12-02-2025 Video
  2. Live Session 17-03-2025 Video

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Credits and licence

Institution
IISc Bangalore
Department
Physics
Teacher
Prof. Nirmal Raj
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Physics
Source
NPTEL
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