Adrian Signer: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2024 |
| Name | Prof. Dr. Adrian Signer |
| Address | PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut WHGA/134 5232 Villigen PSI SWITZERLAND |
| Telephone | 056 310 3661 |
| signera@phys.ethz.ch | |
| Department | Physics |
| Relationship | Lecturer |
| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |||||
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| 402-0845-61L | Effective Field Theories for Particle Physics Special Students UZH must book the module PHY578 directly at UZH. | 6 credits | 2V + 1U | A. Signer | |||||
| Abstract | The focus of the course is on effective field theories (EFT) in the context of particle physics. EFTs provide a framework to systematically disentangle effects due to different scales. This will be discussed both in general terms and with specific phenomenological applications in mind. | ||||||||
| Learning objective | We will start by introducing the core ideas of constructing EFTs and consider cases where the effect of heavy particles or large-scale modes are integrated out. Concepts like decoupling and matching as well as applications of the method of regions and the renormalisation group will be covered. In the second part of the course several concrete examples of EFTs are presented. They allow for a consistent description of a wide variety of physical systems, from bound states with heavy quarks, jets in collider physics, non-perturbative strong interaction at low energies, to effects of heavy physics beyond the Standard Model. | ||||||||
| Content | - Introduction to EFTs - Decoupling and matching - Renormalisation group resummation - Examples of EFTs: - Heavy Quark Effective Theory (HQET) - Non-Relativistic QCD and QED (NRQCD and NRQED) - Soft-Collinear Effective Theory (SCET) - Standard Model and Low Energy Effective Theory (SMEFT and LEFT) - Chiral Perturbation Theory | ||||||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | QFT-I (mandatory) and QFT-II (highly recommended) | ||||||||
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