Particle physics teaching at University of Tartu - Laur Järv associate professor in theoretical physics head of the Laboratory of Theoretical ...
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• Particle physics teaching at University of Tartu • Laur Järv associate professor in theoretical physics head of the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics Institute of Physics, University of Tartu • 1st CERN Baltic Conference 29.06.2021
Research and teaching in particle particle physics in Tartu started in the 1950s, 1960s
Research:
Institute of
Physics,
Academy of
Sciences
Mostly
teaching:
Department of
Physics,
University of
Tartu
Research in particle particle physics in Tartu continued in the 1970s
Research in particle particle physics in Tartu continued in the 1980s
Interesting fact:
1988 Elmar Vesman
(with coauthors)
USSR discovery on
muon catalysed
fusion
1990 Jan Wallenius
from Sweden came
to Tartu for a year to
do diploma work on
in collaboration with
Elmar Vesman
Research in particle particle physics in Tartu continued in the 1990s
Interesting fact:
1992, 1996 Summer students
in CERN from Tartu via Helsinki
Institute of Physics
BSc curriculum in Physics, Chemistry and Materials Science 2021
Intake about 75-80 students / year.
Basic modules 48 ECTS common to all, then specialisation into three directions.
among the compulsory courses in Physics there are
• Analytical mechanics (5 ECTS)
• Special relativity (3 ECTS)
• Large scale physics (3 ECTS)
• Atomic, nuclear, and particle physics (6 ECTS)
• Quantum mechanics (5 ECTS)
• Experimental methods in nuclear physics (3 ECTS)
• Seminar of the scientific method (6 ECTS, actually two 2nd year individual projects with a supervsior)
• BSc thesis (12 ECTS)
and among the optional courses
• Microscopic electrodynamics (3 ECTS, relativistic Lagrangian theory of EM field and particles)
• any MSc level course
BSc theses in particle physics or related topics submitted and defended almost every year.
Link to the curriculum.MSc curriculum in Physics Link to the curriculum Intake about 10 students / year. Compulsory module • Data processing and scientific computing (6 ECTS) • Master’s course in quantum mechanics (6 ECTS) • Master’s course in spectroscopy (6 ECTS) • Statistical physics master course (6 ECTS) Speciality module „theory of particles and fields“ • Classical field theory (6 ECTS, from group theory to the Standard Model) • Quantum field theory (6 ECTS) • General theory of relativity (6 ECTS) • Modern fundamental physics (6 ECTS, hot hep-ph topics) and among the optional courses (not given every year) • Gauge theory for the interactions of elementary particles (6 ECTS, also in English) • Renormalization methods in quantum field theory (6 ECTS, also in English) • Differential geometry for physicists (6 ECTS, in English) • Environmental dosimetry and radiation protection (3 ECTS) • High energy astrophysics (3 ECTS, in English) • Many-particle quantum systems (6 ECTS) • Quantum theory of radiation (3 ECTS) also • Master’s seminar of theoretical physics (6 ECTS, together with PhD students and researchers) • Practical experiences in physics (12 ECTS, practice in a company or summer student in CERN) • MSc thesis (30 ECTS) MSc theses in particle physics or related topics submitted and defended almost every year.
PhD’s in particle physics defended at University of Tartu (last 10+ years, some directly related to CERN) • Andi Hektor 2008, supervisor Martti Raidal (NICPB) Neutrino Physics beyond the Standard Model • Kristjan Kannike 2008, supervisor Martti Raidal (NICPB), Rein Saar (UT) Implications of Neutrino Masses • Mait Müntel 2008, supervisor Martti Raidal (NICPB) Detection of doubly changed higgs boson in the CMS detector • Hannes Liivat 2010, supervisor Ilmar Ots (UT) Probing new physics in e+e− annihilations into heavy particles via spin orientation effects • Liis Rebane 2012, supervisors Alessandro Strumia (Pisa, NICBP), Martti Raidal (UT) Measurement of of the W → τv cross section and a search for a doubly charged Higgs boson decaying to t-leptons • Andres Tiko 2016, supervisors Andrea Giammanco (Leuven), Mario Kadastik (NICPB), Martti Raidal (UT, NICBP) Measurement of single top quark properties with the CMS detector • Lauri Kaldamäe 2017, supervisor Stefan Groote (UT) Fermion mass and spin polarisation effects in top quark pair production and the decay of the Higgs boson • Hardi Veermäe 2017, supervisors Emidio Gabrielli, Martti Raidal (NICPB), Stefan Groote (UT) Dark Matter with long range vector mediated interactions • Sergey Koshkarev 2020, supervisor Stefan Groote (UT) A phenomenological feasibility study of the possible impact of the intrinsic heavy quark (charm) mechanism on the production of doubly heavy mesons and baryons
Current PhD students (none directly related to CERN) • Nico Alexis Benincasa, supervsiors Kristjan Kannike, Andi Hektor, Abdelhak Djouadi (NICPB) The phase transitions in the early Universe and their effects on Dark Matter • Ernest Michael Priidik Gallagher, supervisor Tomi Koivisto (UT) Towards unification of gauge gravity and particle physics theories • Maria Naeem, supervisor Stefan Groote (UT) First order electroweak radiative corrections to the hadronic decay of the W boson • Konstantinos Pallikaris, supervisors Manuel Hohmann (UT), Emmanuel Saridakis (Athens) Cartan geometric approach to gravity theories and quantization • Ahmet Ilker Topuz, supervisors Madis Kiisk, Gholamreza Anbarjafari, Andrea Giammanco (Leuven) Development of a reconstruction method for detection of explosive, narcotics and nuclear materials by cosmic ray tomography • Venno Vipp, supervisors Andi Hektor, Gert Hütsi (NICPB) New epoch in 21-cm astro- and dark matter physics • Luxi Zheng, supervisor Tomi Koivisto (UT) The Cartan Khronon - towards unification in complexified spacetime geometry • Two more start in autumn… ➢ more PhD students in gravity theory
Other related fields • Gravity theory and cosmology : more courses and people international conference „Geometric foundations of gravity 2021“ 28 June – 2 July 2021 going on! • Detectors : development of ultra-fast scintillators, prof. Marco Kirm topics mentioned in different materials science and physics courses, mostly learn by research • Accelerators : compact linear collider and the problem of electric breakdowns, prof. Vahur Zadin Prospects for Baltic CERN cooperation in particle physics teaching • Cooperation in giving MSc level advanced courses is welcome (get more students in class)! • In my opinion a prospective Baltic joint MSc programme should better embrace wider fundamental physics (including cosmology and gravity, e.g. to address dark matter) • Could organize common weekly online/hybrid Baltic seminars
Some related MSc study programmes, University of Tartu
Study Programme Language Total students Specialization (modules)
Physics Estonian 16 Includes theory of particles and fields
Robotics and Computer Engineering English 35 Computer engineering
Space technology
Robotics
Computer Science English 123 Theoretical informatics
Distributed systems
Data science
Software engineering (with TUT) English 118 Enterprise software engineering
Embedded real-time software engineering
Materials Science and Technology English 17
Mathematics and statistics Estonian 30 Mathematics
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