Course Name | Code | Semester | T+U Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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Introduction To High Energy Physics I | FIZ 535 | 0 | 3 + 0 | 3 | 6 |
Precondition Courses | |
Recommended Optional Courses | |
Course Language | Turkish |
Course Level | yuksek_lisans |
Course Type | Optional |
Course Coordinator | Prof.Dr. BARIŞ TAMER TONGUÇ |
Course Lecturers | |
Course Assistants | Instructor´s Assistant |
Course Category | |
Course Objective | With this course offered by High Energy and Plasma Physics group for the first time, it is aimed to lay subject to students from basic to advanced hierarcy, and to compensate inadequacy of man power by motivating and attracting students in the field. |
Course Content | Photon, Meson, Antiparticles, Neutrino, Strange Particles, Quark Model, The Eight-Fold Way, Mediator Vector Bosons, Standard Model, Four Forces, QED, QCD, Weak Interactions, Conservation Laws, The Unification Schemes. |
# | Course Learning Outcomes | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
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1 | He/She grasps the photon´s role of being a mediator. | Lecture, Drilland Practice, | Testing, Homework, |
2 | He/She distinguishes virtual particles from the real ones in any given Feynman diagram. | Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, | Testing, Homework, |
3 | He/She identifies the type of force acting, and the mediator particle in any given Feynman diagram. | Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, | Testing, Homework, |
4 | He/She identifies the level of the diagram (tree- loop level) in any given Feynman diagram. | Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, Demonstration, Motivations to Show, | Testing, Homework, |
5 | He/She classifies the elementary particles according to their properties. (Leptons, Bosons, Quarks etc.) | Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, | Testing, Homework, |
6 | He/She compares among the four fundamental forces. | Lecture, Drilland Practice, | Testing, Homework, |
7 | He/She identifies force(s) that can act on any given particle. | Lecture, | Testing, Homework, |
Week | Course Topics | Preliminary Preparation |
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1 | Classical Era, Photon | [1] pp 11-16 |
2 | Mesons, Anti particles | [1] pp 17-22 |
3 | Neutrinos | [1] pp 23-27 |
4 | Strange Particles | [1] pp 28-32 |
5 | The Eight Fold Way | [1] pp 33-36 |
6 | Quark Model | [1] pp 37-43 |
7 | Intermediate Vector Bosons, Standard Model | [1] pp 44-48 |
8 | Four Forces, Quantum Electrodynamics | [1] pp 55-59 |
9 | MIDTERM EXAM | |
10 | Quantum Chromo Dynamics | [1] pp 60-64 |
11 | Weak Interactions, Decays | [1] pp 65-71 |
12 | Conservation Laws | [1] pp 72-75 |
13 | The Unification Schemes | [1] pp 76-78 |
14 | Examples and Applications |
Resources | |
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Course Notes | [1] Griffiths, David J., Introduction to Elementary Particles, John Wiley & Sons, Second Revised Edition, 2008, New York. |
Course Resources | [2] Perkins, Donald H., Introduction to High Energy Physics, Addison-Wesley, Third Edition, 1987, Menlo Park. |
Order | Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
1 | Using the knowledge of undergraduate and graduate education in postgraduate level. | X | |||||
2 | To be able to improve themselves by following the innovations in the field of Physics which are important in the development of science and technology. | X | |||||
3 | To be able to make literature search, presentation, experimental setup preparation, application and explication of results. | X | |||||
4 | To be able to join interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary team works. | ||||||
5 | Sharing their concepts in seminar, symposium, conference etc. by using the skills of self-study. | ||||||
6 | Having the scientific and vocational wafer and defending this apprehension in every medium. |
Evaluation System | |
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Semester Studies | Contribution Rate |
1. Ara Sınav | 60 |
1. Kısa Sınav | 15 |
2. Kısa Sınav | 15 |
1. Ödev | 10 |
Total | 100 |
1. Yıl İçinin Başarıya | 50 |
1. Final | 50 |
Total | 100 |
ECTS - Workload Activity | Quantity | Time (Hours) | Total Workload (Hours) |
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Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Mid-terms | 1 | 10 | 10 |
Assignment | 1 | 15 | 15 |
Final examination | 1 | 20 | 20 |
Total Workload | 141 | ||
Total Workload / 25 (Hours) | 5.64 | ||
dersAKTSKredisi | 6 |