Subject
Fields and particles
General details of the subject
- Mode
- Face-to-face degree course
- Language
- English
Teaching staff
| Name | Institution | Category | Doctor | Teaching profile | Area | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLANCO PILLADO, JOSE JUAN | University of the Basque Country | Visitante Ikerbaske | Doctor | Not bilingual | Theoretical Physics | josejuan.blanco@ehu.eus |
| LIZARRAGA OLANO, JOANES | University of the Basque Country | Profesorado Agregado | Doctor | Bilingual | Theoretical Physics | joanes.lizarraga@ehu.eus |
| LOPEZ EIGUREN, ASIER | University of the Basque Country | Profesorado Adjunto (Ayudante Doctor/A) | Doctor | Bilingual | Theoretical Physics | asier.lopez@ehu.eus |
Competencies
| Name | Weight |
|---|---|
| Problem solving | 70.0 % |
| Understanding the topics and being able to present them | 15.0 % |
| To be able to present a topic not explicitly included in the syllabus | 15.0 % |
Study types
| Type | Face-to-face hours | Non face-to-face hours | Total hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture-based | 24 | 32 | 56 |
| Seminar | 8 | 12 | 20 |
| Applied classroom-based groups | 8 | 16 | 24 |
Assessment systems
| Name | Minimum weighting | Maximum weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Oral examination | 30.0 % | 50.0 % |
| Practical tasks | 30.0 % | 50.0 % |
| Presentations | 15.0 % | 50.0 % |
| Questions to discuss | 15.0 % | 70.0 % |
Ordinary call: orientations and renunciation
En caso de que las condiciones sanitarias impidan la realización deuna evaluación presencial, se activará una evaluación no presencial de
la que será informado el alumnado puntualmente.
Temary
• Symmetries: Global and Local symmetries. Spontaneous symmetry breaking. Goldstonebosons.
• Higgs mechanism.
• Electroweak Theory.
• Standard Model
• Early Universe: Overview of the thermal history of the universe. Early universe
thermodynamics.
• Topological Defects: Domain walls, cosmic strings, magnetic monopoles.
• Brief introduction to a selection of other topics that include:
QCD.
Supersymmetry.
Dark Matter.
Dark Energy.
Inflation.
Bibliography
Basic bibliography
M. E. Peskin and D. V. Schroeder, An introduction to quantum field theory.W. N. Cottingham and D.A. Greenwood, An introduction to the standard model of particle physics. F. Halzen and A. D. Martin, Quarks & Leptons: An introductory course in modern particle physics.
E. Kolb and M. Turner, The early universe.
A. Vilenkin and E. P. S. Shellard, Cosmic strings and other topological defects.
A Bettini, Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics, Cambridge University Press 2008.
A Zee, Quantum Theory in a nutshell, Princeton University Press.