Techniques and Concepts of High-Energy Physics XII

THE STANDARD MODEL AND THE TOP QUARK.- 1 Introduction.- 2 The Standard Model.- 3 Virtual Top Quark.- 4 Top Strong Interactions.- 5 Top Weak Interactions.- NEUTRINO PHYSICS.- 1 Lecture 1: Neutrino Masses.- 2 Lecture 2: Neutrino Oscillations.- 3 Lecture 3: Solar and Atmospheric Neutrinos.- THE SUPERSYMMETRIC UNIVERSE.- 1 Getting Motivated.- 2 Simple Models.- 3 Towards Realistic Models.- 4 Phenomenology.- 5 Lepton Flavour Violation.- 6 Concluding Remarks.- WEIGHING THE UNIVERSE.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Dark Matter.- COSMOLOGY, INFLATION AND THE PHYSICS OF NOTHING.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Resurrecting Einstein’s greatest blunder.- 3 The Cosmic Microwave Background.- 4 Inflation.- 5 Looking for signs of quantum gravity in inflation.- 6 Conclusion.- SILICON DETECTORS.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Silicon Strip Detector Principles of Operation.- 3 Silicon Strip Detector Performance.- 4 Radiation Damage to Silicon Devices.- 5 Silicon Sensor Fabrication.- 6 Construction of Detector Modules.- 7 Front-end Electronics.- 8 Silicon Detectors in Experiments.- 9 Other Types of Silicon Detector.- 10 Conclusions.- GASEOUS DETECTORS: THEN AND NOW.- 1 Introduction and Historical Overview.- 2 Single Wire Proportional Chamber (SWPC).- 3 Multiwire Proportional Chambers.- 4 Drift and Diffusion of Charges in Gases Under the Influence of and Electric Field.- 5 Large Volume Tracking.- 6 Limitations in Wire Chambers and Future Perspectives.- NUCLEI AT THE BORDERLINE OF THEIR EXISTENCE.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Nuclear Shells and the Stability of Heavy Elements.- 3 Reactions of Synthesis.- 4 Strategies of Experiments and Experimental Equipment.- 5 Experiments Devoted to the Synthesis of Superheavy Nuclei 48Ca + 244Pu Reaction.- 6 Experiments with the 248Cm-target. Synthesis of Element 116.- 7 Even-odd Isotopes.Experiments with 238U and 242Pu.- 8 Comparison with Theoretical Predictions 369.- 9 Consequences and Prospects.- PARTICIPANTS.