All lectures will be held in English
Location of the school:
CFEL Building, close to the Luruper Chaussee DESY entrance:
SR III (ground floor): 14.-17.07. and 21. – 24.07.25
SR IV (first floor): 18.07. + 25.07.25
HS61: ML exercises and strings lectures
Particles
(Lecturers: Elisabetta Gallo, Gregor Kasieczka, Katharina Behr)
The course will start with an introduction to experimental particle physics and
principles of detection of particles. It will first cover tests at colliders of the strong
and electroweak interactions and then describe measurements of the properties of
the Higgs boson. Finally searches for new physics beyond the standard model will
be reported, including dark matter candidates. Local experiments at DESY, e.g.
searching for axion-like particles, will also be covered. Particular emphasis will be
given to recent results at the LHC. Exercises classes will complement the lectures.
Strings
(Lecturer: Timo Weigand)
String theory is a promising candidate for a unified theory of all particles and
interactions that also encompasses a quantum theory of gravity. Its basic idea is to
re-interpret the apparently point-like elementary particles we observe in Nature as
different vibration modes of one and the same type of tiny one-dimensional objects
- the strings. The course starts with a detailed discussion of the classical and
quantized bosonic string, followed by discussions of interactions, D-branes and
superstrings. Prerequisites are a standard knowledge of special relativity and
quantum mechanics.
Cosmology
(Lecturer: Alexander Westphal)
This course will give an overview of and introduction to modern and timely topics in
cosmology. It focuses on the main theoretical concepts covering cosmic times
ranging from the creation of primordial density fluctuations to the onset of structure
formation. Observational signatures will be presented qualitatively. The following
topics will be covered: the expanding Universe, thermal processes after the hot big
bang, origin of matter- anti-matter asymmetry (and - time permitting - primordial
nucleosynthesis), dark matter production in the early Universe, cosmic microwave
background as probe of the early Universe, inflation, production of primordial
gravitational waves and methods for their detection, also in the context of the recent
first detection of gravitational waves. An overview over these topics will be given in
the lecture and part of the topics and the theoretical concepts behind them will be
developed in more detail in the tutorials.
Please note that attendance to all lectures is mandatory in order to obtain the final certificate of attendance.
The school is sponsored by:
