- 1. Course title
- 2. Course code
- 3. Course status: compulsory or optional
- 4. Course level (first-, second-, third-cycle/EQF levels 6, 7 and 8)
- 5. Recommended time/stage of studies for completion
- 6. Term/teaching period when the course will be offered
- 7. Scope of the course in credits
- 8. Teacher coordinating the course
- 9. Course learning outcomes
- 10. Course completion methods
- 11. Prerequisites
- 12. Recommended optional studies
- 13. Course content
- 14. Recommended and required literature
- 15. Activities and teaching methods in support of learning
- 16. Assessment practices and criteria, grading scale
1. Course title
Introduction to the Physics of Neutrinos
2. Course code
PAP334
3. Course status: compulsory or optional
-Which degree programme is responsible for the course?
Master's programme in Particle and Astrophysical sciences
-Which module does the course belong to?
PAP3002 Advanced Studies in Particle Physics and Cosmology
optional for
- Study Track in Particle Physics and Cosmology
-Is the course available to students from other degree programmes?
yes
4. Course level (first-, second-, third-cycle/EQF levels 6, 7 and 8)
-Master’s level, degree programmes in medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine = secondcycle
degree/EQF level 7
-Doctoral level = third-cycle (doctoral) degree/EQF level 8
5. Recommended time/stage of studies for completion
-The recommended time for completion may be, e.g., after certain relevant courses have
been completed.
6. Term/teaching period when the course will be offered
Spring term, period IV, even years
7. Credit value of the course
5 ECTS
8. Teacher coordinating the course
Anca Tureanu
9. Course learning outcomes
-Description of the learning outcomes provided to students by the course
- See the competence map (https://flamma.helsinki.fi/content/res/pri/HY350274).
10. Course completion methods
Final exam and homework assignments
11. Prerequisites
Quantum Field Theory I, Introduction to Particle Physics I
12. Recommended optional studies
Quantum Field Theory II
13. Course content
Neutrinos in the Standard Model, neutrino mass terms (Dirac and Majorana, seesaw mechanism), neutrino mixing, oscillations of neutrinos in vacuum, neutrinos in matter (oscillations in matter with constant density and adiabatic conversion).
14. Recommended and required literature
Samoil Bilenky, Introduction to the Physics of Massive and Mixed Neutrinos, Springer-Verlag 2018 (2nd edition) - main text
Carlo Giunti and Chung W. Kim, Fundamentals of Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics, Oxford University Press 200
Rabindra Mohapatra and Palash Pal, Massive Neutrinos in Physics and Astrophysics, World Scientific 2004 (3rd edition)
Masataka Fukugita and Tsutomu Yanagida, Physics of Neutrinos, Springer Verlag 2003
15. Activities and teaching methods in support of learning
Lectures, homework and exercise sessions
16. Assessment practices and criteria, grading scale
Final grade is based on homework and final exam