ABOUT THE PROGRAM
The philosophy underlying the SERC schools in Experimental High Energy Physics is to impart knowledge on the various aspects of high-energy physics, especially theory,
phenomenology and practical training, to Ph.D students in experimental High Energy & Nuclear physics from all
over India. However, the school is also open to a limited number
of young Ph.D students working in theory.
The Schools of Experimental High Energy Physics are designed to give a
survey of up-to-date information, rather than to be a training course.
The lecture notes will be
published on the web in due time. It should be noted that some pre-knowledge of
the subjects is necessary to get the maximum benefit from the
lectures.
Also, all the participants are encouraged to give a 15-20 minutes presentation on their current field of research. Prize money and certificates will be awarded.
COURSES AND SYLLABUS
1. Detector Physics and Detector Systems
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> Interaction of particles with matter, Calorimeter, Tracking Detectors, Muon Detector, PID
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> Description of a generic major 4pi-detector with some details of its sub-detectors, Radiation effects
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2. Introduction to Particle Physics & Heavy Ion Interactions
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> Standard Model, Beyond Standard Model, Neutrino Physics (with some emphasis on QCD, high Pt jets etc)
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> Heavy Ion Collisions, QGP (with some emphasis on observables and their importance)
3. Signal Processing Electronics
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> Concepts of basic signals to DAQ with emphasis on CMS/ALICE/INO
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> Discriminators , amplifiers, Shaping amplifiers, coincidence circuits,
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> Time devices, logic gates, ADC, TDC
(lab
practice included for all the above)
4. Statistical Methods
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> Basic notions of Probability, Basic Distributions
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> Fitting techniques (Least square, chi square, ML)
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> Error Propagation, Handling systematic errors
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> Hypothesis testing, MD Discriminants (neural nets, etc.)
5.: Relativistic Kinematics
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> Lab. & CM Frames
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> Lorentz transformations
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> Variables: Feynman x, Rapidity etc.
6. > Detector Simulation and Event Reconstruction
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> Monte Carlo Methods
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> Detector Modeling & Detector Simulation
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> Reconstruction in Tracking detectors, Calorimeters
7. Accelerators
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> Basics of acceleration mechanism
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> Synchrotron
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> Colliders- Circular and Linear
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> Beam Bunching, Luminosity
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> Beam Monitoring
8. List of Experiments
- > Fabrication and Testing of RPC (Glass)
- > PID Controller
- > Rutherford scattering experiment
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9. List of Software Practicals
- > Introduction to C++ and Root
- > GEANT4 + :
example (
- > Generation of Multi-lepton + Multi-jet(+photon) events and analysis
List of Speakers
a: Detector Physics and Overview - Dr. Prafulla Kumar Behera, IITM
b: Tracking and Particle Identification - Dr. Gagan Mohanty, TIFR
c: Calorimeter - Dr. Sudeshna Banerjee, TIFR
d: Trigger System - Dr. Sridhara Dasu, University of Wisconsin
e: Standard Model - Dr. G. Rajasekaran, IMSc, Dr. Sridhara Dasu
f: Flavor Physics - Dr. Rahul Sinha, IMSc
g: QGP - Dr. Ajit Sribastav, IoP
h: QCD - Dr. V. Ravindran, IMSc
i: Neutrino Physics - Dr. D. Indumathi, IMSc
j: Dark Matter - Dr. Shrihari Gopalakrishna, IMSc
k: Signal Processing & Electronics - Dr. B. Satyanarayana, TIFR
l: PID Controller - Dr. Kasi Viswanathan, IITM
m: Statistical Methods - Dr. James Libby, IIT Madras
n: Relativistic Kinematics - Dr. Raghunath Sahoo, IIT Indore
o: Detector Simulation & Event Reconstruction - Dr. Sunanda Banerjee, SINP
p: Accelerators - Dr. V. S. Pandit, VECC
--> Colloquium :
1: Standard Model - Dr. G. Rajasekaran, IMSc
2: INO - Dr. Naba Mondal, TIFR
3: Dark Matter - Dr. M. V. N. Murthy, IMSc
4: Higgs Discovery at LHC - Dr. Tariq Aziz, TIFR
5: BSM at LHC - Dr. Sridhara Dasu, University of Wisconsin
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