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PHY568 Flavour Physics

General Information

Lecturers:

Gino Isidori
Rafael Silva Coutinho

Sandro Mächler 
Michele Atzeni

Module Code:

PHY568,  402-0723-00L

This course in FS2021 will cover both theoretical and experimental aspects of flavour physics in the quark and lepton sectors. It addresses Master and PhD students and consists of lectures and exercises.

Timetable

Lectures:
Tuesday from 15:00 till 16:45 in ZOOM (see link below)

Exercises:
Wednesday from 10:15 till 12:00 in ZOOM (see link below)

 

If you have any questions or concerns, do not hesitate to contact one of us:

Name Room Telephone Email
Gino Isidori Y36 J82 044635 5751

isidori@physik.uzh.ch

Rafael Silva Coutinho Y36 J22 044 635 5760

rsilvaco@cern.ch

Sandro Mächler Y36 J 36 044 635 6113

sandro.maechler@uzh.ch

Michele Atzeni Y36 J24 044 635 5920 michele.atzeni@cern.ch

Oral Exam

Possible dates: 17th, June OR 24th of June

PLEASE CONTACT US IN ORDER TO BOOK A TIME: isidori@physik.uzh.ch and rsilvaco@cern.ch

Time: 14:00 on the 17th or 9:00 on the 24th of June (30 min for each student)

Room: 36 J 82

Lecture

Date Topic Lecturer Zoom
Feb 23

Theory notes - ch. 1 (PDF, 438 KB)

Hand-written lecture notes 1 (PDF, 1 MB)

Isidori

Zoom recording

Mar 02

Theory notes - ch. 2 (PDF, 438 KB)

Hand-written lecture notes 2 (PDF, 912 KB)

Isidori

Zoom recording

Mar 09 History of (experimental) Flavour Physics Silva Coutinho

Zoom recording

Mar 16 Measurements of the UT Silva Coutinho

Zoom link

Room: 592 471 0704

Password: 161862

Mar 23

Lecture notes on HQET (PDF, 274 KB)

Handwritten notes (PDF, 7 MB)

Sandro

Zoom recording (MP4, 189 MB)

Mar 30

Theory notes - ch. 3 (PDF, 438 KB)

Hand-written lecture notes 3 (PDF, 897 KB)

Isidori

Zoom recording

Apr 06

Easter break

   
Apr 13

Theory notes - ch. 4 (PDF, 438 KB)

Hand-written lecture notes 4 (PDF, 1 MB)

Isidori Zoom recording
Apr 20

UT triangles and CP violation

Slides (PDF, 42 MB) 

Silva Coutinho

Zoom recording

Apr 27

CKM phases and amplitude analyses 

Slides (PDF, 64 MB)

Silva Coutinho

Zoom recording

May 04

Neutrino masses and mixing (PDF, 164 KB)

Hand-written lecture notes 5 (PDF, 963 KB)

Isidori

Zoom recording

May 11

Flavour Physics beyond the SM (PDF, 291 KB)

Hand-written lecture notes 6 (PDF, 815 KB)

Isidori

Zoom recording

May 19

Special talk: Experimental Neutrino Physics

WARNING: Lecture on Wednesday 10:00 am!

Slides (PDF, 28 MB)

Annarita Buonaura 

(Invited speaker)

Zoom link

Room: 667 3111 5275

Password: 800630

May 25

Rare B Decays and BSM

Slides (PDF, 51 MB)

Silva Coutinho 

Zoom recording

Jun 01

BSM and future experiments

Slides (PDF, 68 MB)

Silva Coutinho

Zoom link

Room: 592 471 0704

Password: 161862

Exercises

Discussion Session Topic Tutor Zoom

Mar 03

Phase space, hadronic matrix elements, traces

Sandro

Zoom link

Meeting ID: 973 3840 9452

Mar 10 Neutral meson mixing Sandro

Zoom link

Meeting ID: 975 0542 6197

Mar 24 Hands-On Exercises (I) Atzeni

Zoom link

Meeting ID: 636 3516 0799

Passcode: 950634

Mar 31 Inclusive B decays Sandro

Zoom link

Meeting ID: 615 7453 1403
Passcode: 828431

Apr 14 Renormalization group Sandro

Zoom link

Meeting ID: 616 5035 9499
Passcode: 473280

Apr 21 Power corrections and observables in inclusive B decays Sandro

Zoom link

Meeting ID: 640 6803 9166
Passcode: 429570

Apr 28 B0 mixing  Atzeni

Zoom link

Meeting ID:646 5651 9297

Passcode: 906111

May 5 sin2beta Atzeni

Zoom link

Meeting ID:646 5651 9297

Passcode: 906111

May 12 B->K l^+ l^- theory Sandro

Zoom link

Meeting ID: 610 5196 2651
Passcode: 698174

May 18 sin2beta (cont) Special date/time! 15:00! Atzeni

Zoom link

Meeting ID:646 5651 9297

Passcode: 906111

May 26 K*mm Atzeni

Zoom link

Meeting ID:646 5651 9297

Passcode: 906111

Exercise sheets Solutions Hand out Discussion

Theory exercise sheet 1 (PDF, 162 KB)

Theory solution 1 (PDF, 194 KB) Feb 26

Mar 3

Theory exercise sheet 2 (PDF, 153 KB) Theory solution 2 (PDF, 213 KB) Mar 3 Mar 10
Exercise exp sheet 0 (PDF, 111 KB)   Mar 16 Mar 24
Exercise exp sheet 1 (PDF, 117 KB)   Mar 16 Mar 24

Theory exercise sheet 3 (PDF, 169 KB)

Mathematica template (NB, 66 KB)

Theory solution 3 (NB, 100 KB) Mar 25 Mar 31
Theory exercise sheet 4 (PDF, 162 KB) Theory solution 4 (PDF, 211 KB) Apr 09 Apr 14

Theory exercise sheet 5 (PDF, 229 KB)

Mathematica template (NB, 46 KB)

Theory solution 5 (PDF, 242 KB)

Mathematica code (NB, 47 KB)

Apr 14 Apr 21
B0 mixing experimental (PDF, 206 KB)   Apr 28 Apr 28
sin2beta experimental (PDF, 661 KB)   May 18 May 18
Theory exercise sheet 6 (PDF, 193 KB)   May 7 May 12
B->K*mumu experimental (PDF, 146 KB)   May 26 May 26