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About the Course

This course introduces you to subatomic physics, i.e. the physics of nuclei and particles. More specifically, the following questions are addressed: - What are the concepts of particle physics and how are they implemented? - What are the properties of atomic nuclei and how can one use them? - How does one accelerate and detect particles and measure their properties? - What does one learn from particle reactions at high energies and particle decays? - How do electromagnetic interactions work and how can one use them? - How do strong interactions work and why are they difficult to understand? - How do weak interactions work and why are they so special? - What is the mass of objects at the subatomic level and how does the Higgs boson intervene? - How does one search for new phenomena beyond the known ones? - What can one learn from particle physics concerning astrophysics and the Universe as a whole? The course is structured in eight modules. Following the first one which introduces our subject, the modules 2 (nuclear physics) and 3 (accelerators and detectors) are rather self contained and can be studied separately. The modules 4 to 6 go into more depth about matter and forces as described by the standard model of particle physics. Module 7 deals with our ways to search for new phenomena. And the last module introduces you to two mysterious components of the Universe, namely Dark Matter and Dark Energy....

Top reviews

AE

Oct 25, 2023

This course has been of great impact on my understanding to particle physics, also it draws the path to me in order to go further in this field, I highly recommend it. Special thanks to the teachers.

VL

Mar 26, 2021

Way hard if you are not a science major! But the challenge is interesting. A quick advice : Refer to the slides if you find the accents too hard to understand.

Thank you for the great course!

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By Dr. S K J

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May 11, 2020

Excellent course

By hassan a

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Dec 5, 2017

Very Good Course

By Raphael G C

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Jan 30, 2022

Awesome course!

By Arko P S

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Jun 28, 2020

Great Course

By Albert S

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Jun 2, 2023

great class

By SIVAKUMAR M

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Jan 8, 2023

Very good..

By Osama E

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Mar 9, 2023

good work

By Ryan C

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Oct 5, 2020

Amazing!!!

By Manuel H R

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Jul 29, 2020

Very good.

By Hrishit M

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Sep 23, 2021

Excellent

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Sep 22, 2020

thank you

By Sunday O C

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Jul 5, 2020

Very Good

By Soumil G S

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Jun 20, 2020

Excellent

By Vikram M

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May 4, 2020

Thank You

By ABDULRAHEEM A B A

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Nov 25, 2023

شكرا لكم

By SAHIL A M

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Sep 24, 2021

Great

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Sep 24, 2021

Great

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Apr 29, 2024

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Jul 19, 2023

Good

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May 5, 2022

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By Rooney S

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Apr 13, 2018

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Jun 28, 2020

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By Vulture V

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Nov 26, 2023

I liked the academic depth of the course. It is well structured and also includes maths which I love. I also liked the optional videos that were very interesting interviews with scientists who really work in the field. However, one of the lecturers has such a thick accent in English that it is difficult to follow her. And the optional videos are in French. As it is impossible to both watch the video and read the translation at the same time, I wonder if it would be possible to just voice over the videos in English? Many people here take a course in English which is already not their mother tongue, and thus have to put an extra effort into learning physics in a foreign language, and any additional struggling on the linguistic level adds to the stress.