Particle Physics Phenomenology
Course Position
This course is intended for postgraduate students in theoretical
or experimental high energy particle physics, who need to understand
the physics processes of high-energy interactions for their research.
Course Objective
To familiarize the student with our current understanding of the
relationship between the theoretical description of high energy
physics, on the one hand, and the experimentally observable reality,
on the other.
Course Contents
The course is intended to give 5p and covers the following main topics:
- the matrix-element description of hard processes, especially in
e+e- and pp;
- final-state cascades;
- fragmentation models and multiparticle production data;
- parton distributions and initial-state cascades;
- "minimum-bias" physics including total cross sections,
multiple interactions etc.
in pp, gamma-p and gamma-gamma;
- electroweak and "new physics" processes, at current and future
accelerators;
- measures of event properties;
- Monte Carlo methods and a survey of existing event generators.
The main areas are e+e-, ep and pp physics e.g. at LEP, HERA and
LHC. The emphasis is on QCD aspects, but also spans to electroweak
physics and scenarios for physics beyond the standard model.
Minor variations can be made to cover topics of current interest,
or to reflect the research projects of the participating students.
Lectures and examination
The course will run at roughly a third-speed, allowing time for
students also to take other courses and/or do research.
22 two-hour lectures/exercises are foreseen. As need be, they may
be combined into days with four lectures altogether, 2 before and 2
after lunch, to simplify the participation of Copenhagen students,
if any.
First meeting is Monday March 8, 2004, at 10.15, in room K208,
bottom floor of Theoretical Physics building, Sölvegatan 14A,
Lund. Four lectures are foreseen that day. At that time, we can plan
the next few dates and times, to meet as well as possible the
constraints of participants and lecturer. Persons who cannot come
then, but would like to participate at later meetings, should send
info on impossible dates/times.
Examination by agreement with the examiner, normally consisting of
hand-in exercises and an oral examination. Grades are Passed
and Failed. Based on the intended schedule, the examination would be
sometime in May.
Prerequisites
No formal demands for persons carrying out postgraduate studies
in particle physics. However, some acquaintance with quantum field
theory and particle physics (at about the level of the FYS230
undergraduate course in Theoretical Particle Physics) is assumed.
Course Literature
Lecture notes distributed during the course or upon request.
In part the course overlaps with the contents of
R.K. Ellis, W.J. Stirling and B.R. Webber, QCD and Collider Physics
(Cambridge University Press, 1996)
Tentative list of participants
Some persons have already signed up for the course, or at least indicated
interest. These include:
- Lund, theoretical particle physics:
- Karim Ghorbani
- Malin Sjödahl
- Lund, experimental particle physics:
- Magnus Hansson
- Eva Haslum
- Albert Knutsson
- Sakar Osman
- Sarah Rosendahl
- Copenhagen, experimental particle physics:
Further participants are welcome. Please inform Torbjörn Sjöstrand
so that any messages can be distributed.
Responsible for the course
- Torbjörn Sjöstrand
- Department of Theoretical Physics
- Sölvegatan 14A
- S-223 62 Lund
- Sweden
- Phone: +46 - 46 - 222 48 16
- e-mail: torbjorn@thep.lu.se