Physics of Hadrons - physics632
| Course | Physics of Hadrons |
|---|---|
| Course No. | physics632 |
| Category | Type | Language | Teaching hours | CP | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elective | Lecture with exercises | English | 3+1 | 6 | ST |
Preparation: Completed B.Sc. in Physics, with experience in electrodynamics, quantum mechanics, atomic- and nuclear physics
Form of Testing and Examination: Requirements for the examination (written or oral): successful work with the exercises
Length of Course: 1 semester
Aims of the Course: Understanding the many-body structure of hadrons, understanding structural examinations with electromagnetic probes, introduction into experimental phenomenology
Contents of the Course:
Structure Parameters of baryons and mesons; hadronic, electromagnetic and weak probes; size, form factors and structure functions; quarks, asymptotic freedom, confinement, resonances; symmetries and symmetry breaking, hadron masses;
quark models, meson and baryon spectrum; baryon spectroscopy and exclusive reactions; missing resonances, exotic states
Recommended Literature:
B. Povh, K. Rith C. Scholz, F. Zetsche; Teilchen und Kerne (Springer, Heidelberg 6. Aufl. 2004)
Perkins; Introduction to High Energy Physics (Cambridge University Press 4. Aufl. 2000)
K. Gottfried, F. Weisskopf; Concepts of Particle Physics (Oxford University Press 1986)