Course content

The course provides the basic principles and concepts to understand the fascinating world of quarks and leptons, today’s constituents of matter, the fundamental forces of Nature, and the evolution of the early Universe. You will learn about the current knowledge and how today’s research in the field attempts to address some of the greatest mysteries in physics today: the nature of dark matter, the origin of antimatter, and the behaviour of the gravitational force at the microscopic scale.

Learning outcome

After completing the course, you:

  • master basic quantum field theory concepts essential to particle physics, and?know how symmetries and conservation laws lead to the equations of motion, to the fundamental forces, and to the classification of particles.
  • can apply Feynman diagrams and techniques, relativistic kinematics, and perturbation theory to study basic collision and decay processes.
  • know about the current theory of particle physics and understand the role of experiments to shape the standard model of electroweak and strong interactions.
  • know how particle physics explains the early Universe and its evolution.
  • know how the electroweak theory explains phenomena such as matter-antimatter asymmetry and mass generation.
  • cam explain how today’s research attempts to address mysteries in physics today, the nature of dark matter, the origin of antimatter, and the behaviour of the gravitational force at the microscopic scale.
  • know about some new theories such as Supersymmetry and Grand unification, which propose to explain some of the shortcomings of today’s knowledge of the universe.

Admission to the course

Students admitted at UiO must?apply for courses?in Studentweb. Students enrolled in other Master's Degree Programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.

Nordic citizens and applicants residing in the Nordic countries may?apply to take this course as a single course student.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about?admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.

Overlapping courses

Teaching

The course is taught throughout the semester:

  • 4 hours of lectures?
  • 2 hours of exercise?

This course has 3 compulsory assignments, where all 3 must be approved before you can take?the final exam.

Examination

  • Final oral exam which counts 100 % towards the final grade.

3 mandatory?assignments?must be approved before you can take?the final exam.

Examination support material

No examination support material is allowed.

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.

Resit an examination

Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are offered a?postponed exam?at the beginning of the next semester.

New examinations?are offered at the beginning of the next semester for students who do not successfully complete the exam during the previous semester.

We do not offer a re-scheduled exam for students who withdraw during the exam.

More about examinations at UiO

You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.

Last updated from FS (Common Student System) Dec. 22, 2024 8:49:55 AM

Facts about this course

Level
Master
Credits
10
Teaching
Autumn

If the course is offered, a minimum of four students is required for ordinary lectures to take place. If less than four students participate, an exam will be given, but one should not expect ordinary teaching.

Examination
Autumn
Teaching language
English

Contact

Department of Physics