260129 VO Astroparticle Physics (2019W)
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Language: English
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The course is held in collaboration with Federico Ambrogi. All courses take place in the library of the Institute of High Energy Physics, Nikolsdorfergasse 18.
8 Oct.13:30 - 17:30, 6 Nov. 14:00 - 17:30, 20 Nov. 14:00 - 17:00, 4 Dec. 14:00 - 17:00, 11 Dec. 14:00 - 17:00.
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Signals from outer space: discovery; the birth of high-energy physics; composition and spectra of cosmic radiation; overlap with conventional astronomy; primary and secondary cosmic rays; charged particles; photons; neutrinos; gravitational waves; hypothetical particles ("dark matter"); measurement methods of astro-particle physics: Installations on the surface of the earth, on balloons and in outer space; the earth's atmosphere serving as detector for particles; neutrino detectors in the MeV to EeV range; detectors for "dark matter"; large terrestrial installations (in the 10000 square-kilometer range on the earth's surface, as well as installations under water and in the ice of Antarctica); radio emission of highest-energy particles; installations on satellites and in space stations Physics aims of astro-particle physics: Tests of the Standard Model beyond energies that can be reached by accelerators; neutrino oscillations, measurements of properties and mass of neutrinos; search for particles which have not been discovered so far ("dark matter", supersymmetry etc.); CP-violation and antimatter; cosmology, relics of the Big Bang, the origin of the Universe.
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Oral exam
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Introduction into a new, fascinating field of physics: physics from and with cosmic particle accelerators
Examination topics
Course materials are available on the homepage of the course:
http://wulz.web.cern.ch/wulz/Vorlesung2019_142094.html
http://wulz.web.cern.ch/wulz/Vorlesung2019_142094.html
Reading list
D.H. Perkins, "Particle Astrophysics" (Oxford Master Series In Physics)
Claus Grupen, Astro-Particle Physics
Malcolm S. Longair, High Energy Astrophysics
Lars Bergstroem and Ariel Goobar, Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics
Peter Coles, Cosmology: a very short introduction 2001
Claus Grupen, Astro-Particle Physics
Malcolm S. Longair, High Energy Astrophysics
Lars Bergstroem and Ariel Goobar, Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics
Peter Coles, Cosmology: a very short introduction 2001
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M-ERG, MaInt, UF MA PHYS 01a, UF MA PHYS 01b
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