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INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE / FİZ551 - PHYSICS (MASTER'S DEGREE)

Code: FİZ551 Course Title: ADVANCED PARTICLE PHYSICS I Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 2nd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department PHYSICS (MASTER'S DEGREE)
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer SEZEN AKSÖZ (sezenaksoz@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
To learn Basic particles and interactions between them.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 To know Basic concept of particle physics, interactions of particles and standart model PO-1 Develop, enhance and deepen and obtain creative original definitions by combining current knowledge of the field and critical thinking and research based upon M. Sc. program skill and outcomes
PO-4 Develop a new scientific method in the field or apply a known method to a different problem.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Basic concept of particle physics, interactions of particles and standart model
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 some basic concepts Explanation, solve problems and answer questions
2 some basic concepts Explanation, solve problems and answer questions
3 leptons and the weak interaction Explanation, solve problems and answer questions
4 leptons and the weak interaction Explanation, solve problems and answer questions
5 quarks and hadrons Explanation, solve problems and answer questions
6 quarks and hadrons Explanation, solve problems and answer questions
7 experimental methods Explanation, solve problems and answer questions
8 mid-term exam
9 experimental methods Explanation, solve problems and answer questions
10 spacetime symmetries Explanation, solve problems and answer questions
11 spacetime symmetries Explanation, solve problems and answer questions
12 The quark model Explanation, solve problems and answer questions
13 QCD jets and gluons Explanation, solve problems and answer questions
14 weak interactions quark and leptons Explanation, solve problems and answer questions
15 beyond the standart model Explanation, solve problems and answer questions
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Introduction to elementary particle physics , Davit Griffiths
Required Course instruments and materials

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 1 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 1 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 3 10 30
       b) Search in internet/Library 3 8 24
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 2 4 8
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 4 8 32
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 4 14 56
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 194