Theory lecture 11

11 Maio 2022, 08:30 • João Nuno Ramalho Gonçalves Pires

• Charged weak interaction of quarks
• Cabbibo hypothesis
• The charm quark and the GIM mechanism
• CKM quark mixing matrix: weak eigenstates and mass eigenstates
• Experimental determination of the CKM matrix elements
• CP violation in the neutral Kaon system
• Neutrino discovery
• DIS neutrino-proton scattering
• Neutrino oscillations and neutrino masses
• PMNS neutrino mixing matrix
• Solar, atmospheric, Reactor and accelerator Neutrino experiments

Recommended reading: Chapters 12,13 and 14 of Mark Thomson's book. Chapters 4.6-4.9 and 10.5 of D.Griffith's book.