SLO/USMEC Introduction to the Standard Model of Elementary Particles

Lecturer: Jiří Kvita
Lecture: 26 hours/semester
Credits: 3
Winter semester
Form of course completion: course credit

• Standard model – terms definitions. Quantum field theory – general principles
• Lagrangean formalis. Symmetries in physics. Elements of group theory
• Relation symmetries – particle classification. Izospin. "Eightfold path", quarks
• Local (gauge) symmetries. Gauge theory as a theory of interacting particles
• Quantum electrodynamics. Non-Abelean gauge theory, quantum chromodynamics
• Electroweak theory, Higgs boson
• Summary – achievements and open problems of the standard model, what can be expected beyond its limits