"The Great courses, Topic: Science & mathematics ; Subtopic: Physics"--Cover. "Course no. 1205"--Disc labels. 12 lectures lasting 30 minutes each. Accompanying CD-ROM contains course workbook in PDF format. Lecturer: Sean Carroll, senior research associate in physics at the California Institute of Technology.
Contents:
Disc 1. The importance of the Higgs boson -- Quantum field theory. -- Disc 2. Atoms to particles -- The power of symmetry -- Disc 3. The Higgs field -- tMass and energy -- Disc 4. Colliding particles -- Particle accelerators and detectors -- Disc 5. The large Hadron collider -- Capturing the Higgs boson -- Disc 6. Beyond the standard model of particle physics -- tFrontiers - Higgs in space.
Summary:
In this course you will investigate what makes the discovery of the Higgs boson particle so important, how the discovery was made, and what implications the discovery has for the future of physics.
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