The course will cover the basics and most important topics of quark flavour physics and will be structured in three parts. Part “A” covers all the introductory information about quarks in the standard model, quark bound states, and their transitions with the aim to cover in details the properties of the CKM matrix. Part “B” is the core part of the course and describes all the key developments in experimental physics that led to the measurement of mixing and CP violation in meson systems. Finally in part “C” the search for new physics via the study of rare and suppressed processes is covered, emphasizing the role and complementarity of running and planned experiments. In addition, Part “C” also covers low mass dark matter and dark forces searches in flavour physics experiments.
A previous basic knowledge of the standard model will be of great benefit. One lecture of 2 hours per week. The course will be followed by an oral examination.
Not necessary
