Particle physics

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Particle physics provided by OpenLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 5 hours worth of material. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from OpenLearn. The course is taught in Englishand is Free Certificate. Visit the course page at OpenLearn for detailed price information.

Overview
  • This OpenLearn science course was updated with the kind support of Dangoor Education340, the educational arm of The Exilarch's Foundation.

Syllabus
    • Introduction
    • Learning outcomes
    • 1  Particle physics in context
    • 2  Leptons
    • 3  Quarks
    • 4  Hadrons
    • 4.1 Building a hadron
    • 5  High-energy reactions
    • 6  Strong interactions
    • 6.1  Gluons
    • 6.2  Quantum chromodynamics
    • 7  Beta-decay at the level of quarks and leptons
    • 8  Weak interactions
    • 8.1 W and Z bosons
    • 8.2 The survival of the neutron
    • Conclusion
    • Glossary
    • Acknowledgements