Print syllabusExperimental tests of the fundamental symmetries of nature
General data
| Course ID: | WFAIS.IF-Y524.0 |
| Erasmus code / ISCED: | (unknown) / (unknown) |
| Course title: | Experimental tests of the fundamental symmetries of nature |
| Name in Polish: | Eksperymentalne testy fundamentalnych symetrii przyrody |
| Organizational unit: | Faculty of Physics, Astronomy, and Applied Computer Science |
| Course groups: |
(in Polish) Fizyka - semestr zimowy - kursy fakultatywne dla WFAIS |
| ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
3.00
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| Language: | English |
Classes in period "2023/2024 winter semester" (past)
| Time span: | 2023-10-01 - 2024-01-28 |
 
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| Type of class: |
Lecture, 30 hours
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| Coordinators: | Jerzy Smyrski | |
| Group instructors: | Jerzy Smyrski | |
| Students list: | (inaccessible to you) | |
| Examination: | Examination | |
| Requirements: | Bachelor's degree in physics |
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| Conditions of gaining credit: | The condition for passing the course is attendance at lectures and passing the oral exam with a grade of at least 3.0. |
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| Assessment methods and criteria for this course: | The exam will be organized as follows. The scope of the lecture will be divided into about 20 topics. At the last lecture, a list of the topics will be presented. During the exam, the student will draw two topic and he/she will talk about them in about 20 minutes. The examiner will assess the student's answer taking into account the scope and understanding of the presented topics as well as the clarity of the answer. |
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| Syllabus of the course for students commencing study programme from 19/20 academic year or later: | (in Polish) Fizyka, studia stacjonarne drugiego stopnia, rok 1 |
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| Full description: |
Lecture program: Symmetry under the reflection of spatial coordinates - Continuous and discrete symmetries - Parity operator - Parity of a system of particles - Determination of the parity of charged pion pi- - Tests of parity conservation in the electromagnetic and strong interactions Discovery of parity violation in week interactions - Theta-tau puzzle - Madam Wu’s experiment - Lederman et al.'s muon decay experiment - Goldhaber experiment - determination of neutrino helicity Description of the parity violation in week interactions - The Dirac equation - Parity of fermion and anti-fermion - Invariant amplitude for the muon decay; V-A interaction Charge-conjugation C symmetry - Truly neutral particles - C-parity of photon - C-parity violation in the week interactions - Tests of C-parity conservation in the strong and electromagnetic interactions: decays of neutral mesons - C-parity of particle-antiparticle system; positronium decay G-parity - Definition of the G operator, G-parity of pions - Decay of the η meson, G-parity violation in the decay of the η meson into three pions - Quantum numbers allowed for the quark-antiquark system, "exotic" mesons Neutral kaon oscillations - CP eigenstates - K1 and K2 - Probability of observing K0 as a function of time - Kaon regeneration CP-symmetry violation - Christenson et al.'s experiment with a beam of neutral kaons - Observed types of CP parity violations Time-reversal (T) symmetry - Invariance of the laws of physics with respect to time reversal, invariance of the Schrodinger equation - The general form of the T operator - T-symmetry tests: inverse reactions, neutron electric dipole moment, R parameter in muon decay - Discovery of T-symmetry breaking by the CP-LEAR experiment CPT-symmetry - The CPT theorem - Experimental tests of CPT-symmetry |
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