Edin - The Discovery of the Higgs Boson
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The Discovery of the Higgs Boson at FutureLearn Overview
Duration | 7 weeks |
Total fee | ₹11,044 |
Mode of learning | Online |
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Credential | Certificate |
The Discovery of the Higgs Boson at FutureLearn Highlights
- Duration 7 weeks
- Weekly study 5 hours
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The Discovery of the Higgs Boson at FutureLearn Course details
- The discovery of a new fundamental particle at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), CERN is the latest step in a long quest seeking to answer one of physics' most enduring questions: why do particles have mass? The experiments' much anticipated success confirms predictions made decades earlier by Peter Higgs and others, and offers a glimpse into a universe of physics beyond the Standard Model.
- As Professor Peter Higgs continues his inspiring role at Edinburgh University's School of Physics & Astronomy, the experiments at the LHC continue.
- This free online course introduces the theoretical tools needed to appreciate the discovery, and presents the elementary particles that have been discovered at the tiniest scales ever explored. Beginning with basic concepts in classical mechanics, the story unfolds through relativity and quantum mechanics, describing forces, matter and the unification of theories with an understanding driven by the tools of mathematics.
- Narrating the journey through experimental results which led to the discovery in 2012, the course invites you to learn from a team of world-class physicists at Edinburgh University. Learners participate in discussion of the consequences of the Higgs boson, to physics and cosmology, and towards a stronger understanding and new description of the universe.
- Photo of Professor Higgs © Peter Tuffy, The University of Edinburgh
The Discovery of the Higgs Boson at FutureLearn Curriculum
Theoretical description of physical phenomena
Why is the discovery of the Higgs Boson important?
Understanding the Higgs discovery plot
Introduction to week 1
Newtonian dynamics and conservation laws
Conservation laws and symmetry
In conversation with Peter Higgs
Summary
Glossary
From Maxwell to Einstein: the world at the atomic scale
Introduction to week 2
Maxwell's equations
Special relativity
Basic ideas of quantum mechanics
In conversation with Peter Higgs
Summary
A theory of matter and light
Introduction to week 3
Relativity and quantum mechanics
Quantum electrodynamics
In conversation with Peter Higgs: part one
In conversation with Peter Higgs: part two
Summary
From QED to QCD and the weak force
Introduction to week 4
Quantum chromodynamics
The electroweak force
Spontaneous symmetry breaking
In conversation with Peter Higgs
Summary
The Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism and the Standard Model
Introduction to week 5
The Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism and the Standard Model
Higgs production and decay in the Standard Model
In conversation with Peter Higgs
Summary
Experimental evidence for the Standard Model
Introduction to week 6
Early experimental searches for the Higgs Boson
Searches at the LHC and the discovery of the Higgs boson
The next experimental steps
In conversation with Peter Higgs
The experimental challenges
Why is the sun burning so slowly?
Summary
Beyond the Standard Model
Introduction to week 7
Theories beyond the Standard Model
The hot Big Bang
The vacuum, the Higgs field and modern cosmology
In conversation with Peter Higgs
Bonus material: more footage from CERN
Summary
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