Sumários
Revision of relativity and Dirac delta function. Fermi’s Golden rule for decays
9 Março 2026, 15:00 • José Maneira
Revision of special relativity. Dirac delta function of another function. Fourier transform of a Dirac delta function.
Transition matrix elements in perturbation theory, density of states in the non-relativistic and relativistic cases. Derivation of the expression for the decay rate.
Exercise series 1
4 Março 2026, 09:00 • José Maneira
Solutions to the exercises of series 1. Feynman diagrams and conservation laws.
Detectors
2 Março 2026, 15:00 • José Maneira
Electromagnetic and hadronic showers. Radiation length and interaction length. Tracking detectors. Gas and liquid time projection chambers. Scintillation and Cherenkov radiation. Cherenkov and time-of-flight detectors for particle identification. Electromagnetic and hadronic calorimeters. Configuration of modern high energy physics experiments. Comparison between collider and fixed target experiments.
Apresentação e introdução
23 Fevereiro 2026, 15:00 • José Maneira
Apresentação do modo de funcionamento, programa e avaliação da disciplina.
Introdução à Física de Partículas: sistema de unidades naturais, partículas elementares e forças, intensidade relativa das forças, decaimentos e dispersão.
Tópicos de física de partículas experimental: aceleradores.