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The syllabus of Ph D programme offered by India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) under TIFR (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research) is as follows: Physics Syllabi for INO Ph. D Program • Particle Physics IPHY 201 – Symmetries in particle physics: charge conjugation, parity, time reversal, isospin and SU(2), motivation for the quark model and SU(3). – Introduction to relativistic kinematics: Mandelstam variables, phase space, calculation of cross-sections and decay widths. – The Dirac equation and its solutions, – Basics of quantum electrodynamics: electron-positron annihilation, electronmuon scattering, Bhabha scattering, Compton scattering. – Deep inelastic scattering: Bjorken scaling, parton model, scaling violation, introduction to quantum chromodynamics. – Introduction to weak interactions: parity violation, (V-A) theory, pion and muon decay, neutrino scattering and cross-sections. – The gauge theory of electroweak interactions: Glashow-Salam-Weinberg model, applications of the model, neutral current phenomena, The physics of W-and Z-bosons, physics of the Higgs boson • Experimental Methods I IPHY 203 – Vacuum generation and measurement - rough, high, UHV. – Cryogenics - low and ultra low temperatures. – Generation and measurement of voltage, current, time, frequency and examples of measuring resistance, temperature, pressure, magnetic field. – Basic semiconductor device physics: p-n junction, diodes, I-V curve, rectifiers. Transistor (NPN, PNP), JFET, MOSFET – Principle of Negative feedback. – Differential amplifier + OPAMP, applications-differentiator, integrator, summing, inverting amplifier. – Sensors for specific gases, light etc. – Particle accelerators - DC, RF, storage rings, colliders. Secondary beams using high current electron, proton and heavy ion accelerators. Beam transport - dipole magnets including fast kickers, quadrupoles, higher order correction magnets. Beam measurement - energy, current, X-Y-time intensity distribution, beam emittance. – Keeping track of dimensions, dimensional arguments, order of magnitude estimation cross section, efficiency, count rates. Syllabus of Ph D programme INO under TIFR |
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