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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.

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