Introduction to Particle Physics NCPP School 2017 Wan Ahmad Tajuddin Wan Abdullah NCPP, UM
Particle Physics Building blocks of the universe Things Interactions
Building blocks
Things
Fundamental things
Dirac equation
Fundamental interactions
Quantum fields
Path integrals
Gauge symmetry local gauge field coupling term (force field) y (possibly a spinor) respects certain symmetry (L invariant)
Feynman diagrams
QED: Muon g-2 U(1) symmetry
QCD: gluon bremsstrahlung SU(3) symmetry
Weak Interactions: weak neutral current
Handedness, Flavours Wu 1956 weak eigenstates ≠ energy eigenstates ??? the lepton sector ??? weak interaction left-handed ??? the neutrino story ???
Electroweak Unification SU(2)xU(1) → spontaneous → weak + e/m symmetry symmetry breaking (Z0, W±, γ) (massless (Higgs-Kibble mechanism) bosons) ↑ Higgs field H
Grand Unified Theories
Standard Model
Gravitation General Relativity ↑ Equivalence principle local SR
Standard Cosmology
Inflationary Big Bang age ~ length scale ~ radiation frequency ~ energy ~ temperature
Contemporary puzzles Dark matter Dark energy SUSY? Quantum gravity, TOE SM structure Spacetime structure; “particles” etc