Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
HADRON PHYSICS 200100715111 3 + 0 3.0 7.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction English
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors İlkay Türk Çakır
Assistants
Goals Hadron particles, Meson and Baryons are aimed to understand the properties, behaviors, decays, couplings, properties of bound states.
Course Content Quark model, mesons, light mesons, quantum numbers, internal symmetry, grouping, meson mass, potentials, bounded state, photon-vector meson coupling, vector meson decays, transition between meson states, hadronic jets, Dalitz analysis, baryons, color symmetry, baryon mass, baryons with spin 3/2 magnetic moments of baryons, baryon mass, semi leptonic decays.
Learning Outcomes 1) You realize that you are building the infrastructure for accelerators.
2) Use mathematical and physical methods in accelerator systems.
3) Be able to use experimental measurement techniques.
4) Be aware of the operation in accelerator equipment.
5) Simulate on accelerators and interpret the results.
6) Software, hardware development applications on accelerator system parts.
7) Search the literature about accelerators.
8) Detects malfunctions in small accelerators.
9) Accelerators in different areas of technology apply diagnostic-analysis purposes.
10) Medical accelerators are known.
11) Recognizes the properties of accelerated particles, establishes the scientific infrastructure.
12) Learn and comment on accelerators used as tools in other areas.
13) Links between accelerators with different areas of technology.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Introduction Lecture; Question Answer

 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
2. Week Quark model Lecture; Question Answer

 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
3. Week Mesons, Light mesons Lecture; Question Answer

 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
4. Week Quantum numbers Lecture; Question Answer

 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
5. Week Internal symmetry, Grouping Lecture; Question Answer

 Homework
6. Week Meson masses Lecture; Question Answer

 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
7. Week Potentials, Bound states / Midterm Lecture; Question Answer

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week Photon-vector meson coupling, vector meson decays Lecture; Question Answer

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Transition between meson states Lecture; Question Answer

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Hadronic jets, Dalitz analysis Lecture; Question Answer

 Homework
11. Week Baryons, Flavor symmetry, baryon mass Lecture; Question Answer

 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
12. Week Baryons with spin 3/2, magnetic moments of baryons Lecture; Question Answer

 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
13. Week Baryon decays, semi leptonic decays Lecture; Question Answer

 Seminar
14. Week Baryon decays, semi leptonic decays Lecture; Question Answer

 Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
A.W. Thomas and W. Weise, The Structure of the Nucleon
F. Halzen and A.D. Martin, Quarks and Leptons: An Introductory Course in Modern Particle Physics
F.E. Close, An introduction to Quarks and Partons
G. Barton, Introduction to Dispersion Techniques in Field Theory
J. P. Elliott and G. P. Dawber, Symmetry in Physics, vol. 1-2
J.F. Donoghue, E. Golowich and B.R. Holstein, Dynamics of the Standard Model
T. Ericson and W. Weise, Pions and Nuclei
V. De Alfaro, S. Fubini, G. Furlan and C. Rossetti, Currents in Hadron Physics

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 3
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 5
Homework 3 5
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 1 20
Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time) 1 30
Final Exam 1 5
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 30
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
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Course Information
  • Course Information
  • Weekly Topics (Content)
  • Sources Used in This Course
  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
  • ECTS credits and course workload