Precision Electroweak Physics

Course description

The course takes place in the first half of the fall semester 2018 (25.09-25.10). The meetings will take place on Tuesdays (25.09-30.10, no meetings on 09.10 and 23.10) and Thursdays (27.09-25.10, no meeting on 11.10) from 10-12 in room B1 as well as Monday 29.10 from 10-12 in room A97.

Contents:

  • introduction, tree-level processes
  • quantum corrections, dimensional regularization
  • renormalization in QED
  • renormalization of the EW theory
  • anomalous magnetic moment of the electron
  • anomalous magnetic moment of the muon
  • physics of the Higgs boson

Lecturer

Dr. M. Passera