This course presents the physical principles and the recent research developments on three topics of particle and nuclear physics: the physics of neutrinos, dark matter, and plasma of quarks and gluons. An emphasis is given on experimental aspects in these three fields.
Content
Neutrino physics:
- Absolute neutrino mass measurements, beta and double-beta decay experiments.
- Neutrino mass generation mechanism, Majorana and Dirac particles.
- Neutrino oscillations, MNS matrix.
- Cosmic neutrinos : origin, energy spectrum and detection.
Dark matter:
- Evidence for dark matter from astronomical and cosmological data.
- Relic particles of the "Big bang". Candidates for dark matter, and link with particle physics beyond the Standard Model.
- Direct and indirect searches for dark matter.
Quark gluon plasma (QGP):
- Plasma of quark and gluons: properties, plasma signatures, production in the collisions of heavy ions.
- Professor: Frédéric Blanc
- Assistant: Matthieu Philippe Luther Marinangeli
