Particle Physics: A very brief introduction

Seema Bahinipati
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
seema.bahinipati@iitbbs.ac.in

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Particle Physics

Provides absolute understanding of elementary particles and fundamental

forces

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Particle Physics

Provides absolute understanding of elementary particles and fundamental

forces
Elementary particles: Quarks and Leptons

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Particle Physics

Provides absolute understanding of elementary particles and fundamental

forces
Elementary particles: Quarks and Leptons
Fundamental forces: Gravitational, Weak, Electro-magnetic, Strong
Useful resources:
Particle data Group (PDG): http://pdg.lbl.gov

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History of the universe

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History of the universe

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Zoom into the slice of history accessible to accelerators

Rutherford scattering experiment (Geiger-Marsden experiment):

Radioactive source 700MeV
Study of shape and size of nucleus: 40MeV p
Study of shape and size of proton: 500MeV e
Discovery of quarks: 50GeV e
Discovery of top quark 1000GeV p
Recent discovery of Higgs boson: 1400GeV p
NB: To observe smaller structure, produce higher mass

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Elementary particles

QUARKS

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Fundamental forces

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Coupling constants

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Fundamental interactions: Summary

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Strong interaction range

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Strong interaction range (contd.)

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Strong interaction range (contd.)

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Strong interaction range (contd.)

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References

http://particleadventure.org
http://pdg.web.cern.ch

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Coming soon: Quarks

Coming soon: Quarks

Coupling constants

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Coupling constants

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