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---++ Y1 Introduction to Particle Physics and Cosmology

Material for the 2012-13 course.

  The course consists of two separate parts, PP and Cosmology.

  The course begins on Thursday 10th Jan. in Strathcona LR1, 10:00.  PP lectures will be given in this slot each week.

   The cosmology lectures will be begin on Tuesday 15th Jan., Poynting S06 (Small Lecture Theatre) at 11:00, and will continue in this slot each week

    Please use references given below each lecture as background reading to the course. The lecture numbers given below refer to the PP lectures only.

 Note that some URLs to scientific journals may be restricted to IP addresses on campus and may not work from home.

   * [[%ATTACHURL%/IntroToPPC_2012_13_Syllabus.pdf][Syllabus.pdf]]: Syllabus for 2012-13 course
   * [[%ATTACHURL%/Overview.pdf][Overview.pdf]]: Course overview - _approximate_ lecture content

   * [[Y3PPWebLinks][Useful web links for the course (PDG, etc.)]]
   * [[Y1IntroReadingList][Textbooks which may be useful or referred to in lectures]]

 
 Written lecture notes are not distributed but all transparencies/handouts are given below.  A non-exhaustive list of references is given for each lecture.  *Note that references are to Martin and Shaw 1st Edition* as in the [[Y2NeutrinosReadingList][course reading list]].  If using 2nd edition Martin and Shaw, please refer to chapter  11 rather than chapter 10.

   * [[%ATTACHURL%/Lecture_1.pdf][Lecture 1]] (10 Jan. 2013) ([[%ATTACHURL%/Lecture_1_4up.pdf][4 slides/page]])
      * Martin and Shaw, Sections  1.1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.2.1 


   * [[%ATTACHURL%/Lecture_2.pdf][Lecture 2]] (17 Jan. 2013) ([[%ATTACHURL%/Lecture_2_4up.pdf][4 slides/page]])
      * Martin and Shaw, Sections 1.3,1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.5

   * [[%ATTACHURL%/Lecture_3.pdf][Lecture 3]] (24 Jan. 2013) ([[%ATTACHURL%/Lecture_3_4up.pdf][4 slides/page]])
      * Martin (beginning only of) Section 1.3, 1.4.1, 
      * Martin and Shaw, (concepts only, beginnings of) Sections 4.1, 4.2
      * Martin and Shaw, Sections 6.1, 6.1.1
      * Martin and Shaw, Sections 7.2.1, 7.2.2, 7.2.3
      * Martin and Shaw, Sections 9.1.1 (also 9.1 and 9.1.1)

   * [[%ATTACHURL%/Lecture_4.pdf][Lecture 4]] (31 Jan. 2013) ([[%ATTACHURL%/Lecture_4_4up.pdf][4 slides/page]])
      * Martin and Shaw, Sections 8.3.3
      * Background/further reading for the _very_ interested, not required for the course itself!
         * [[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0370-1573(02)00367-8][Phys. Rep. : 374 (2003) , pp.165-270]], _Physics at CPLEAR_,  A. Angelopoulos et al. (CPLEAR Collaboration), pg ~171.
         * [[https://cdsweb.cern.ch/record/516913/files/ep-2001-060.pdf?version=1][preprint CERN-EP-2001-060]], _T-violation and CPT-invariance measurements in the CPLEAR experiment: a detailed description of the analysis of neutral-kaon decays to e pi nu_ ,  Angelopoulos et al. 
         * [[http://prd.aps.org/pdf/PRD/v83/i9/e092001][Phys. Rev. D 83, 092001 (2011)]], _Precise Measurements of Direct CP Violation, CPT Symmetry, and Other Parameters in the Neutral Kaon System_

   * [[%ATTACHURL%/Lecture_5.pdf][Lecture 5]] (07 Feb. 2013) ([[%ATTACHURL%/Lecture_5_4up.pdf][4 slides/page]])
      * [[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1999/press.html][1999 Nobel Prize in Physics ]]
      * Martin and Shaw, Sections 10.3, 10.4.1, 10.5

---++ Example questions and solutions for revision practise


 Example questions, more can be added on request.

   *  [[%ATTACHURL%/PPCexample_problems_2011.pdf][Sample questions for practise]]

   *  %ICON{new}% [[%ATTACHURL%/PPCexample_problems_2011_solns.pdf][Solutions to sample questions for practise]]

  See also [[http://www.sr.bham.ac.uk/~av/teaching.html][Prof. Vecchio's web pages]] for the cosmology component of this module.

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