PHYS 511A: Topics in Particle and Nuclear Physics:I
TRIUMF Summer Institute 2009

Coordinating instructor: Dr. Robert McPherson



Outline of course content

The 21st annual TRIUMF Summer Institute (TSI) will be held July 20-31, 2009. This year's TSI will give experimental and theoretical graduate students and young researchers an extensive overview of topics pertaining to physics at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), including lectures on accelerators, detector design, analysis methods, statistics, as well as the physics of the Standard Model of particle physics and a survey of the physics beyond the Standard Model that the LHC is designed to find. The TRIUMF Summer Institute is designed to be very interactive with ample time for questions and discussions. Part of the afternoons is reserved for hands-on problems to help learn and digest the physics of the lectures. The participants are invited to present their research in a poster session. Both experimental and theoretical physics students are encouraged to attend.

How to register for credits

TSI is a 1.5 units course in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Victoria. Students registered at TSI should register to the graduate course PHYS511A, Topics in Nuclear and Particle Physics: I; TRIUMF Summer Institute 2009, LHC Collider Physics, which has the registration number #31401.

The Western Dean Agreement makes it possible for students from many Canadian universities to obtain credits for a course taken at the University of Victoria.

Details

Unit Value: 1.5
Course Title: PHYS 511A Topics in Nuclear and Particle Physics: I
Section Title: TRIUMF Summer Institute 2009, LHC Collider Physics
Location: TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC.
Term offered: May-Aug, but with "Course with Non-Standard Date"
Dates: Monday 20 July 2009 09:00 to Friday 31 July 2009 18:00
Contact hours: Total = 50h
Evaluation Technique: about 30 graded assignments
Coordinating instructor: Dr. Robert McPherson