Academic Team

Course Content

Type: Compulsory– PEC Track – 2nd Trimester

This course offers a comprehensive introduction to the Standard Model (SM), the fundamental theoretical framework describing electromagnetic, weak, and strong interactions. Students will explore the structure, symmetries, and phenomenology of the SM, along with its experimental verification.

Main Topics

• Structure and symmetries of the Standard Model.
• Quantum Electrodynamics (QED) refresher.
• Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) and strong interactions.
• Electroweak theory and unification.
• Higgs mechanism and mass generation.
• Flavour physics, mixing, and CP violation.
• Experimental tests and validation of the SM.

Skills Acquired

• Understand the theoretical foundations of the SM and its construction.
• Describe the role of symmetries and conservation laws in particle physics.
• Explain how mass arises via the Higgs mechanism.
• Connect theoretical predictions with experimental results.

Reading List

• T.-P. Cheng & L.-F. Li, Gauge Theory of Elementary Particle Physics.
• I. Aitchison & A. Hey, Gauge Theories in Particle Physics.

Teaching Plan Information

Course Schedule