PdF:CH2MP_3W2S Chemistry of Microparticles

CH2MP_3W2S Chemistry of Microparticles

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2008

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. RNDr. Luděk Jančář, CSc. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Prerequisites

Knowledge of chemistry and physics on secondary school.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

Course objectives

Main objectives can be summarised as follows:
to introduce into basic kinds of powers, particles of mass and centres of the research in this branch.

Syllabus

1. History of the discovery of particles: electron, proton, antimass, neutrino, neutron, positron, meson, mion, quark.
2. Classification of particles: quantums of fields, leptons, quarks, fermions, bosons, hadrons, baryons, mesons, nucleons, hyperons, pions, kaons, antiparticles, Higgs’s particles.
3. Standard model - families of elementary particles, nucleus of the atom, electron cover, gravitation, electricity, magnetism, weak interactions, strong interactions, supersymetry, Einstein’s live dream - theory of everything, theory of strings (superstrings).
4. Centres of the research of elementary particles, modern methods of research, future in particles discovery.

Literature

Fraser G., Lillestøl E. a Sellevåg I.: Hledání nekonečna. Columbus, Praha 1996. ISBN 80-85928-37-X.

Assessment methods

Class discussion;
credit;
written test.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.