Theory lecture 11

10 Maio 2023, 14:00 • 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
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.