Rainer Wallny: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2023 |
| Name | Prof. Dr. Rainer Wallny |
| Field | Experimental Particle Physics |
| Address | Inst. f. Teilchen- und Astrophysik ETH Zürich, HPK E 26 Otto-Stern-Weg 5 8093 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Telephone | +41 44 633 40 09 |
| Fax | +41 44 633 11 04 |
| rwallny@phys.ethz.ch | |
| URL | http://www.wallny-group.phys.ethz.ch/ |
| Department | Physics |
| Relationship | Full Professor |
| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 402-0600-00L | Nuclear and Particle Physics with Applications | 0 credits | 2S | A. Rubbia, K. S. Kirch, R. Wallny | |
| Abstract | Research colloquium | ||||
| Learning objective | |||||
| 402-0851-00L | QCD: Theory and Experiment  Special Students UZH must book the module PHY561 directly at UZH. | 3 credits | 3G | A. Gehrmann-De Ridder, R. Wallny | |
| Abstract | An introduction to the theoretical aspects and experimental tests of QCD, with emphasis on perturbative QCD and related experiments at colliders. | ||||
| Learning objective | Knowledge acquired on basics of perturbative QCD, both of theoretical and experimental nature. Ability to perform simple calculations of perturbative QCD, as well as to understand modern publications on theoretical and experimental aspects of perturbative QCD. | ||||
| Content | QCD Lagrangian and Feynman Rules QCD running coupling Parton model DGLAP Basic processes Experimental tests at lepton and hadron colliders Measurements of the strong coupling constant | ||||
| Literature | 1) G. Dissertori, I. Knowles, M. Schmelling : "Quantum Chromodynamics: High Energy Experiments and Theory" (The International Series of Monographs on Physics, 115, Oxford University Press) 2) R. K. Ellis, W. J. Stirling, B. R. Webber : "QCD and Collider Physics" (Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics & Cosmology)" | ||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | Will be given as block course, language: English. For students of both ETH and University of Zurich. | ||||
| 851-0162-00L | Philosophy of Physics  | 3 credits | 2S | M. Hampe, R. Wallny | |
| Abstract | Close reading of and reflection about selected texts from physicists (e.g. C.F: Weizsäcker, Wilczek, Susskind) on the philosophical problems and consequences of their work. | ||||
| Learning objective | Participants should develop a clear view of the epistemological foundations of their work and its consequences for philosophy of science and philosophy of nature. | ||||
| Content | Newton's opus magnum of 1687 is still called a philosophy of nature: "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica". The separation of physics from philosophy is new, and institutionally executed only in the 19th century. Since than the experiment is not a philosophical method and mahematical symbolization not part of the languages of philosophy anymore. But although the subjects were divided methodically they stayed in contact via their content. This can be seen in the reflexions of physicists like C. F: v. Weizsächer, Frank Wilczek or Leonard Susskind, who were all concerned with epistemological questions and topics related to the philosophy of science and philosophy of nature. The seminar is devoted to these reflections and will ask in what relation the philosophy of physicists stands to the physics of their time. We will discuss problems of the unity of physics, of emerging laws and of the beauty or ugliness of the physical universe resp. the theories about it. | ||||
| Literature | see moodle | ||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | The course follows the concept of an "inverted classroom". A prerequisite is that the relevant texts have been read prior to the lecture. The assistants will give support. | ||||