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Offer in 2024 - 2025 | Y N |
Course Code | PHYS4850 |
Date | 2024/11/12 17:50 |
Enquiry for Course Details |
PHYS4850 Particle physics (6 credits) | Academic Year | 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Offering Department | Physics | Quota | --- | ||||||||||||||||||||
Course Co-ordinator | Prof Y J Tu, Physics < yanjuntu@hku.hk > | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Teachers Involved | (Prof Y J Tu,Physics) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Course Objectives | This course covers both theoretical and experimental aspects of particle physics at the advanced undergraduate level. This is an elective course for the theoretical physics and experimental physics themes. This is also an essential course for those who plan to pursue postgraduate studies or work in high energy particle physics. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Course Contents & Topics | Topics include: Fundamental particles; symmetry and conservation law; Feynman diagrams; electromagnetic interaction; weak interaction; strong interaction; particle accelerator and detector. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Course Learning Outcomes |
On successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
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Pre-requisites (and Co-requisites and Impermissible combinations) |
Pass in PHYS3351 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Course Status with Related Major/Minor /Professional Core |
2024 Major in Physics
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Disciplinary Elective
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2024 Major in Physics (Intensive) ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2024 Minor in Physics ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2023 Major in Physics ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2023 Major in Physics (Intensive) ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2023 Minor in Physics ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2022 Major in Physics ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2022 Major in Physics (Intensive) ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2022 Minor in Physics ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2021 Major in Physics ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2021 Major in Physics (Intensive) ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2021 Minor in Physics ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2020 Major in Physics ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2020 Major in Physics (Intensive) ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2020 Minor in Physics ( Disciplinary Elective ) |
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Course to PLO Mapping |
2024 Major in Physics < PLO 1,2,3,4 >
2024 Major in Physics (Intensive) < PLO 1,2,3,4 > 2023 Major in Physics < PLO 1,2,3,4 > 2023 Major in Physics (Intensive) < PLO 1,2,3,4 > 2022 Major in Physics < PLO 1,2,3,4 > 2022 Major in Physics (Intensive) < PLO 1,2,3,4 > 2021 Major in Physics < PLO 1,2,3,4 > 2021 Major in Physics (Intensive) < PLO 1,2,3,4 > 2020 Major in Physics < PLO 1,2,3,4 > 2020 Major in Physics (Intensive) < PLO 1,2,3,4 > |
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Offer in 2024 - 2025 | Y 1st sem | Examination | Dec | ||||||||||||||||||||
Offer in 2025 - 2026 | Y | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Course Grade | A+ to F | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Communication-intensive Course | N | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Course Type | Lecture with laboratory component course | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Required/recommended reading and online materials |
Lecture notes provided by Course Coordinator F. Halzen and A.D. Martin: Quarks and leptons: an introductory course in modern particle physics (Wiley, 1984) Donald H. Perkins: Introduction to High Energy Physics (Cambridge University Press, 2000, 4th edition) E. M. Henley and A. Garcia, Subatomic Physics, 3rd Ed., World Scientific, 2007 |
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Course Website | http://moodle.hku.hk | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Additional Course Information | NIL |
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