Particle Physics and Particle Astrophysics Teaching
Postgraduate teaching
All postgraduate students in the group take a range of courses designed to suit their individual circumstances. Most courses are taken during the first year of postgraduate study. Modules provided by the group are:
- PHY6040 Experimental and Theoretical Foundations of Particle Physics
- including lectures on quantum mechanics, electroweak physics, pp, ep and e+e- physics, neutrino physics and astrophysics, dark matter, and detector technology.
- PHY6050 Research Skills for Particle Physics
- including a literature search, lectures on computing, attendance at seminars, and a first year report.
In addition, first-year students attend the relevant PPARC Summer School (Astrophysics, Experimental Particle Physics or Theoretical Particle Physics). Second year students often attend more advanced schools such as the CERN Summer School in Particle Physics.
Undergraduate teaching
The Department of Physics and Astronomy aims to provide teaching that is informed and invigorated by its research. Members of the Particle Physics and Particle Astrophysics Group teach the following modules:
- Year 1:
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- Year 2:
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- Year 3:
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- Year 4:
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In addition, members of the group regularly supervise third and fourth year projects and directed reading. Recent projects include:
- Building a cosmic ray detector: Dr Lee Thompson and Dr
John McMillan
- Neutrino oscillations: Dr Chris Booth
- Designing a Galactic supernova neutrino detector: Dr
Susan Cartwright
- Cosmic ray muon tomography: X-raying the pyramids: Dr
Dan Tovey
- Digital Signal Processing: Dr Ed Daw
- Finite Element Analysis: Dr Ed Daw