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Course Information

Course Title	Code	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
HADRON PHYSICS	200100715401		3 + 0	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	To provide information about fundamental particles, fundamental interactions, Hadrons, Properties of Mesons, Properties of Baryons, Decays of Hadrons, hadronic interactions, both theoretical and experimental aspects of Hadron structure and properties, structure and dynamics of Hadrons.
Course Content	Quark model, Hadrons, Mesons, Quantum numbers, Internal symmetries, Grouping, Potentials, Bound states, Confinement Hypothesis, Asymptotic freedom, Symmetries, Photon-vector meson coupling, Vector meson decays, Transitions between meson states, Hadronic jets, Dalitz analysis, Baryons , Flavor symmetry, Baryon masses, Spin-3/2 baryons, Baryon magnetic moments, Baryon decays, Quasi-leptonic decays. Both theoretical and experimental aspects of hadron structure and properties, structure and dynamics of hadrons and generalized parton distributions, mass relations, hadronic interactions.
Learning Outcomes	1) Learns the fundamental particles and basic interactions found in nature. 2) Gain theoretical knowledge about symmetries, Quark model, Hadrons, Mesons, Quantum numbers, Internal symmetries, Grouping, Potentials, Bound states. 3) Learns concepts such as Confinement Hypothesis and Asymptotic freedom.