Particle Physics

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Particle physics is the area which deals with sub-atomic particles and the calculation of their interactions. For the course, students should have a good knowledge of:

• The history of elemental particles (4 elements, atoms, electrons... etc)
• The conservation of energy and momentum in nuclear reactions
• The neutrino
• Cockroft and Walton's experiment
• The mathematical applications of
• The unified atomic mass unit
• Antimatter
• Pair production/annihilation
• Particle accelerators
• The fundamental forces of nature
  • Strong nuclear
  • Electromagnetic
  • Weak nuclear
  • Gravitational
• Leptons
• Hadrons
  • Mesons
  • Baryons
• Quarks