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Title of the course
MATTER-RADIATION INTERACTION (1st module)
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2
Field
FIS/05
Year of course
1
Semester
n.d.
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method
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Title of the course
MATTER-RADIATION INTERACTION (2nd module)
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3
Field
FIS/05
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1
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n.d.
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method
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PHYSICS OF ATHMOSPHERE - MUTUATO
Credits
8
Field
FIS/06
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1
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Title of the course
THEORY OF STRUCTURE OF MATTER
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5
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FIS/02
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1
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n.d.
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method
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A5490007
Title of the course
- MUTUATO
Credits
31
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2
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A5490008
Title of the course
- MUTUATO
Credits
9
Field
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2
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542025
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- CONDIVISO DA 542
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542024
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- CONDIVISO DA 542
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542022
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- CONDIVISO DA 542
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542020
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- CONDIVISO DA 542
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542019
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- CONDIVISO DA 542
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542018
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- CONDIVISO DA 542
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542017
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- CONDIVISO DA 542
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542016
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- CONDIVISO DA 542
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542011
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- CONDIVISO DA 542
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542010
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- CONDIVISO DA 542
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542009
Title of the course
- CONDIVISO DA 542
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542008
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- CONDIVISO DA 542
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542007
Title of the course
- CONDIVISO DA 542
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542006
Title of the course
- CONDIVISO DA 542
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542005
Title of the course
- CONDIVISO DA 542
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542004
Title of the course
- CONDIVISO DA 542
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542002
Title of the course
- CONDIVISO DA 542
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542001
Title of the course
- CONDIVISO DA 542
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549058
Title of the course
- MUTUATO
Credits
3
Field
FIS/03
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549056
Title of the course
- MUTUATO
Credits
3
Field
FIS/03
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n.d.
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549057
Title of the course
- MUTUATO
Credits
3
Field
FIS/03
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n.d.
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549055
Title of the course
- MUTUATO
Credits
6
Field
FIS/03
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549044
Title of the course
Credits
5
Field
FIS/02
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Orale; Voto finale
Lecturer
Girardello Luciano
Programme
Theory of classical fields: space-time symmetries and internal symmetries; conservation laws;
Lorentz and Poincaré group; gauge groups.
Canonical quantization of free fields: the scalar field; crystals and phonons; particles and
antiparticles; the electromagnetic field; the dirac field.
Functional quantization: the Feynman integral; relation with classical statistical mechanics; the selfinteracting scalar field.
Perturbative approach: semi-classical approximation; Feynman diagrams; ultraviolet divergencies
and renormalization.
Code
549045
Title of the course
Credits
5
Field
FIS/02
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Orale; Voto finale
Lecturer
Girardello Luciano
Programme
Quantum symmetries: spontaneous breaking, implications; Goldstone theorem; Higgs phase.
Field theory and critical phenomena: general properties of correlation functions, Ward identities;
hypothesis of scale invariance and critical exponents; symmetry breaking and phase transitions;
ferromagnetic systems and spin models; effective theory of Landau and Ginzburg.
Renormalization group: the Wilson and Gelmann'Low approach; universality classes and critical
properties; ultraviolet fixed points and divergencies in quantum field theory.
Code
549019
Title of the course
Credits
5
Field
FIS/04
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Orale; Voto finale
Lecturer
Paganoni Marco
Programme
Feynmann diagrams and QUED cross sections
Fermi Theory of weak decay
Discovery of neutrino and measurement of its helicity
Parity violation in weak interactions
V-A theory of weak interactions
Pion and muon decay
Weak decays of hadrons
GIM model and CKM matrix
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Weak neutral currents
Discovery of W and Z bosons
The Weinberg-Salam model ofr weak interactions
Spontaneous symmetry breaking and mass generation
Precision measurements at LEP of electroweak theory
Perspective of discovery of Higgs boson at LHC
Code
549010
Title of the course
Credits
5
Field
FIS/07
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Orale; Voto finale
Lecturer
Programme
This course deals with three main themes:
- production of beams of ionizing radiation
- application of ionizing radiations in medicine
- imaging in medical diagnostics
Code
A5490011
Title of the course
- MUTUATO
Credits
5
Field
FIS/05
Year of course
n.d.
Code
A5490015
Title of the course
Credits
5
Field
FIS/02
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Orale; Voto finale
Lecturer
Girardello Luciano
Programme
to be defined
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Code
Title of the course
Credits
7
Field
FIS/01, FIS/07
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
II semestre,
Assesment
method
;
Lecturer
Collini Maddalena
Programme
The following experiences can be performed. -Denaturation of proteins and nucleic acids (by the
application of fluorescence spectroscopy and circular dichroism) in order to estimate the
denaturation free energy of the process. –Conformational transitions of proteins and nucleic acids,
where the transition are followed by changing the solution conditions such as temperature, pH, ionic
strength etc. –Interaction of DNA and proteins with small ligands: titration will be obtained with
different spectroscopic techniques (fluorescence, absorption) in order to estimate the
thermodynamical parameters describing the ligand – macromolecule equilibrium.
Code
Title of the course
Credits
7
Field
FIS/01
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
;
Lecturer
Rapuano Federico
Programme
Simulation of the Rutherford scattering. Numerical solution of the equations of motion. Angular
distribution. Comparison with the analytical solution. Errors and fluctuations.
Dynamics of many particles systems. The Lennard-Jones potential. Molecular Dynamics. Soft
spheres simulation. Approach to equilibrium. Thermodynamical quantities.
The Montecarlo Method. The Metropolis algorithm. The Ising Model. 2D and 3D numerical
simulation. Comparison with analytic result in 2D. Statistical and systematical error. Lattice
regularization of a Quantum Field Theory. The
4 theory. Numerical simulation.
QuantumChromoDynamics on the lattice. Numerical simulation. Correlation functions. Measurement
of the glueball m
Code
Title of the course
Credits
7
Field
FIS/01
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Lecturer
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Code
A5490006
Title of the course
- MUTUATO
Credits
5
Field
FIS/04
Year of course
n.d.
Code
549037
Title of the course
APLLIED OPTICS 1
Credits
5
Field
FIS/07
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Orale; Voto finale
Lecturer
Chirico Giuseppe
Programme
The course is devoted to the development of Fourier optics that is then applied to the Fresnel
diffraction theory, the image formation, optic microscopy, the propagation of the Gaussian beams,
the laser cavities and the propagation in the optical fibers (semi-quantitative treatment). An
introduction to the speckle interferometry with application to astronomy and of holography and
holographic interferometry is given.
More information at http://fisica.mib.infn.it/it/ricerca/homepages/biofisica/
Code
A5490009
Title of the course
APPLIED ELECTRONIC
Credits
5
Field
ING-INF/07
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Scritto e Orale; Voto finale
Lecturer
Programme
The concept of amplifier, the Operational amplifier. The concept of feedback of an amplifier. The
mathematical approach t to the determination of all the aspects that concern a feed backed amplifier.
The frequency domain analysis of the signals: the Fourier and Laplace Transform. The stability of a
feed backed network and the compensation criteria. The noise in the electronic systems and the
analysis of the noise in linear networks. The concept of the signal t to noise ratio: the noise figure
and the optimal filter. Applications and examples: the charge sensitive preamplifier and the shaping
of the signals coming from a nuclear detector of particles. A short introduction to the physic of
semiconductors for the understanding of the principle of operation of the more standard transistors:
bipolar, JFET and MOS. The mathematical modeling and the noise sources in transistors. The
transistor as a feed backed amplifier
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Code
A5490014
Title of the course
COMPLEMENTS OF ADVANCED THEORETICAL PHYSICS
Credits
2
Field
FIS/02
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Orale; Voto finale
Lecturer
Penati Silvia
Programme
Solitons and instantons in quantum field theory.
Code
549052
Title of the course
COMPLEMENTS OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS
Credits
5
Field
FIS/02
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Orale; Voto finale
Lecturer
Penati Silvia
Programme
Deep Inelastic Scattering; elements of the parton model; introduction to Quantum Chromodynamics
(QCD); asymptotic freedom; standard model; introduction to gauge and chiral anomalies.
Code
549020
Title of the course
ELECTROWEAK INTERACTIONS II
Credits
5
Field
FIS/03
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Orale; Voto finale
Lecturer
Programme
Provides and completes the description of the interactions of matter within the Standard Model.
Gives the detailed description of the flavour structure in the Standard Model and the flavour
transitions between quarks and families of quarks through the weak charged current.
Code
549001
Title of the course
ELEMENTS OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS - MUTUATO
Credits
5
Field
FIS/03
Year of course
n.d.
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Title of the course
ENVIRONMENT PHYSICS - MUTUATO
Credits
4
Field
FIS/07
Year of course
n.d.
Code
549038
Title of the course
GENERAL RELATIVITY
Credits
5
Field
FIS/05
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Orale; Voto finale
Lecturer
Sassi Giandomenico
Programme
Basic features of special Relativity. Spacetime and four-vectors. Relativistic Mechanics and
relativistic Electrodynamics. Stress-Energy tensor. Accelerated observers. Basic features of
Differential Geometry and Tensor Algebra. Differential Topology. Riemannian spaces. Equivalence
principle. Vacuum field equations. Schwarzschild solution. Birkhoff’s theorem. Embedding in flat
spacetimes.Well-behaved metrics and Kruskal metric. Kerr metric. Field equations in the presence of
matter. Modified field equations and de Sitter space. Gravitational waves. Experimental tests of
General Relativity.
Code
549011
Title of the course
GROUP THEORY
Credits
5
Field
FIS/02
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Orale; Voto finale
Lecturer
Zaffaroni Alberto
Programme
PART I) ELEMENTS OF GROUP THEORY.
Discrete and continuous groups. Lie groups. Lie algebras and their
classification. Representations of groups.
PART II PHYSICAL APPLICATIONS
crystallographyc groups. Rotation and spin. Lorentz and Poincare' group.
Internal symmetry groups. Quark Model.
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Code
549029
Title of the course
LABORATORY OF BIOPHYSICS - MUTUATO
Credits
7
Field
FIS/07
Year of course
n.d.
Code
549028
Title of the course
LABORATORY OF BIOPHYSICS
Credits
7
Field
FIS/07
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Scritto e Orale; Voto finale
Lecturer
Programme
The following experiences can be performed. -Denaturation of proteins and nucleic acids (by the
application of fluorescence spectroscopy and circular dichroism) in order to estimate the
denaturation free energy of the process. –Conformational transitions of proteins and nucleic acids,
where the transition are followed by changing the solution conditions such as temperature, pH, ionic
strength etc. –Interaction of DNA and proteins with small ligands: titration will be obtained with
different spectroscopic techniques (fluorescence, absorption) in order to estimate the
thermodynamical parameters describing the ligand – macromolecule equilibrium.
Code
549030
Title of the course
LABORATORY OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS
Credits
7
Field
FIS/02
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Scritto e Orale; Voto finale
Lecturer
Rapuano Federico
Programme
Simulation of the Rutherford scattering. Numerical solution of the equations of motion. Angular
distribution. Comparison with the analytical solution. Errors and fluctuations.
Dynamics of many particles systems. The Lennard-Jones potential. Molecular Dynamics. Soft
spheres simulation. Approach to equilibrium. Thermodynamical quantities.
The Montecarlo Method. The Metropolis algorithm. The Ising Model. 2D and 3D numerical
simulation. Comparison with analytic result in 2D. Statistical and systematical error. Lattice
regularization of a Quantum Field Theory. The
4 theory. Numerical simulation.
QuantumChromoDynamics on the lattice. Numerical simulation. Correlation functions. Measurement
of the glueball m
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Code
549027
Title of the course
LABORATORY OF PARTICLE PHYSICS
Credits
7
Field
FIS/04
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Scritto e Orale; Voto finale
Lecturer
TABARELLI DE FATIS TOMMASO
Programme
Each sudent, in collaboration with two more students, will conduct one (only one) particle physics
experiment, from the characterization of the experimental setup, to the data taking and analysis.
Three experiments are foreseen at the moment: 1) Compton Effect: measurement of the differential
cross-section and of the energy-angle correlation of photons scattered off electrons (Modules 1 and
2); 2) Cosmic muons: measurements of the muon lifetime at rest (Module 1) and of the muon
precession in a magnetic field (Module 2); 3) Metestable states in nuclei: setup of an apparatus
effiecint to low energy (10-100 keV) gamma rays with good timing resolution (order of 10 ns)
(Module 1) and measurement of the mean lifetime of a metastable state of 57-Co (Module 2).
Code
Title of the course
NANOTECHNOLOGIES OF BIOSYSTEMS 1
Credits
5
Field
FIS/07
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
;
Lecturer
Programme
The course is mainly intended to describe the principle techniques in Nano-Bio-technologies.
Code
549016
Title of the course
NEUTRINO PHYSICS (SECOND DEGREE IN PHYSICS)
Credits
5
Field
FIS/04
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Orale; Voto finale
Lecturer
Ragazzi Stefano
Programme
Part A. NEUTRINOS AND FOUNDATIONS OF THE STANDARD MODEL. Beta decay, neutrino
helicity, V-A theory and experimental foundations. Limits of V-A and the Standard Model. Neutrinofermion scattering: charged and neutral currents, cross sections, the Weinberg angle. Neutrinonucleon interactions: quasi-elastic scattering; D.I.S. and parton model.
Part B: NEUTRINO PROPERTIES. Masses and mixing: phenomenology of massive neutrinos;
oscillations in vacuum and in matter. Review experiments: results and prospects. Indirect
measurement of the mass scale. L-violation; Majorana mass and implications. Double beta decay.
CP-violation in the lepton sector. Cosmological implications of massive neutrinos. Indirect
determinations of the mass scale.
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Code
549007
Title of the course
PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
Credits
5
Field
FIS/01
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Orale; Voto finale
Lecturer
Programme
Accelerator physics, History of accelerators, applications of accelerators, transverse dynamics,
Emittance, Longitudinal dynamics, lattices, Beam diagnostics, synchrotron radiation, space charge,
Non-linearities and resonances, Luminosity, Magnets, Magnet measurement, Resonant cavities,
Instabilities, Injection, Extraction, Vacuum systems.
Code
549050
Title of the course
PHYSICS COMPLEMENTS : I
Credits
1
Field
FIS/01
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Scritto; Voto finale
Lecturer
Paganoni Marco
Programme
This course describes som fundamental experiments in particle physics
Code
549051
Title of the course
PHYSICS COMPLEMENTS : II
Credits
1
Field
FIS/01
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Scritto; Voto finale
Lecturer
Sironi Giorgio
Programme
Topics to be agreed between lecturer and student on Mechanics and Thermodunamics, Waves and
Oscillations, Electromagnetism, Modern Physics
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Code
549003
Title of the course
PLASMA LABORATORY I
Credits
7
Field
FIS/03
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Orale; Voto finale
Lecturer
Riccardi Claudia
Programme
Introduction to the plasma physics laboratory:
Debye length, Langmuir probe, resonance probe, vacuum techniques, theory and measurements
of vacuum and high vacuum, mass spectrometry, transmission lines, transmission in waveguide,
resonant cavities.
Experimental activity:
Microwave interferometry, vacuum technologies, experimental study of a quiescent plasma by
optic and electrostatic diagnostics, analysis of the turbulence generated by a magnetised plasma.
Code
549018
Title of the course
PLASMA PHYSICS III
Credits
5
Field
FIS/01
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Orale; Voto finale
Lecturer
Programme
General concepts about electromagnetic fields in plasmas. Electromagnetic energy flux in a
dispersive and anisotropic plasma. Principles of geometrical optics. Spectral density function of
electromagnetic flux associated with the Poyinting vector, and spectral density of electromagnetic
energy. Transport equation for the electromagnetic energy. Coefficients of spontaneous emission,
stimulated emission, and absorption. Radiation from a moving charged particle. Cyclotron emission.
Bremsstrahlung emission. Radiation scattering from plasma electrons: incoherent (Thomson)
scattering and collective scattering.
Quasilinear theory, quasilinear diffusion coefficient. Ponderomotive force. Decay instabilities: Raman
and Brilloin instabilities. Solitons. Equations in non linear plasma physics: Korteweg de Vries eq.,
non linear Schroedinger eq.
Code
Title of the course
PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY 2
Credits
7
Field
FIS/01
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
;
Lecturer
Programme
the generation of plasmas through sources in DC and radiofrequency,
the characterisation of plasma sources,
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the diagnostic of cold plasmas with probes and optical spectroscopy
cold plasma applications to materials
analysis of some physical properties of plasma processed materials (contact angle, roll-off
angle)
Code
549002
Title of the course
PLASMA PHYSICS, FIRST MODULE
Credits
5
Field
FIS/03
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Orale; Voto finale
Lecturer
Riccardi Claudia
Programme
The Kinetics description of plasma: the distribution function, the Vlasov equation, the momenta of the
distribution function, the fluids equations, MHD and kinetics descriptions: space and time scales.
Waves in Plasma: Introduction to the wave propagation in plasma, Linearization of the Maxwell
equations and fluids equations; Waves in non magnetised plasma; Langmuir oscillations;
Electromagnetic transverse waves; Pressure effects; Waves in a magnetised plasma: perpendicular
and parallel propagations; Wave polarisation in plasma; Waves in a drifting plasma: two stream
intability. Plasma Instabilities: MHD stability; MHD instabilities: Kink and sausage instabilities,
Rayleigh-Taylor instability for plasma and fluids; Kinetics description of waves:Landau Damping.
Code
549017
Title of the course
PLASMA PHYSICS, SECOND MODULE
Credits
5
Field
FIS/01
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Orale; Voto finale
Lecturer
Gorini Giuseppe
Programme
Motion of charged particles in the electromagnetic field: guiding-center motion; invariance of
magnetic moment; adiabatic invariants; examples of particle trajectories in a tokamak.
Statistical properties of plasmas: Boltzmann distribution, Debye shielding, plasma parameter.
Fluid description of plasmas: fluid equations; equations of state and resistivity; particle and fluid
drifts; single-fluid equations; frozen-in law and MHD equilibrium; equilibrium of tokamak plasmas.
Collisional processes in plasmas: collisional processes with neutrals; Coulomb collisions; resistivity,
diffusion, energy transport; Fokker-Plank equation, Rosenbluth potentials, Lorentz gas.
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Code
549039
Title of the course
RADIATION DETECTORS
Credits
5
Field
FIS/01
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Orale; Voto finale
Lecturer
Brofferio Chiara
Programme
Recalls on radiation-matter interactions, radioactivity, basic principles of gas and semiconductor
detectors as well as scintillators. General properties of ionizing radiation detectors. Neutron
interactions with matter and their detection. Alpha, beta and gamma spectroscopy. Signal shaping
and processing. Background problems and detector shieldings. Problems and exercises on the
treated arguments.
Some illustrative applications in a particular field (as nuclear and subnuclear physics, astrophysics,
health physics, environmental physics and radioactivity studies…) could be included, depending on
the specific interests of the students.
Code
549040
Title of the course
RADIATION DETECTORS II
Credits
5
Field
FIS/01
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Orale; Voto finale
Lecturer
Programme
Classic detectors – Detectors for LHC – Interactions of Charged particles with matter – Interactions
of photons and neutrons – Scintillators – Detection of photons – Solid state detectors – Production
and collection of ionization in gases – Gaseous detectors – Particle identification
Code
A5490010
Title of the course
SIGNAL ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING
Credits
5
Field
ING-INF/07
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Orale; Voto finale
Lecturer
Programme
Accelerator physics, History of accelerators, applications of accelerators, transverse dynamics,
Emittance, Longitudinal dynamics, lattices, Beam diagnostics, synchrotron radiation, space charge,
Non-linearities and resonances, Luminosity, Magnets, Magnet measurement, Resonant cavities,
Instabilities, Injection, Extraction, Vacuum systems.
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Code
Title of the course
SOLID STATE LABORATORY 2
Credits
7
Field
FIS/01
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Lecturer
Programme
Code
549033
Title of the course
SOLID STATE LABORATORY, I MOD.
Credits
7
Field
FIS/03
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Scritto e Orale; Voto finale
Lecturer
Grilli Emanuele enrico
Programme
The course consist in a laboratory experience performed by a study group of two or three students.
The laboratory activity will be preceded from introductory lessons on the correlation between
physical properties of solids and techniques of experimental investigations. Experiences proposed:
Photoluminescence of inorganic semiconductors.
Photoluminescence of organic semiconductors.
Spectroscopy of scattering materials by integrating sphere.
Thermoluminescence of inorganic insulators.
Raman spectroscopy.
Code
549042
Title of the course
SOLID STATE OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY, I MOD.
Credits
5
Field
FIS/03
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Orale; Voto finale
Lecturer
Grilli Emanuele enrico
Programme
Fundamental optical properties of solids: from the classical models of Lorentz and Drude to the
quantum theory of absorption and dispersion, for dealing with direct and indirect interband
transitions, critical points and excitonic structures.
Dispersion relations of Kramers-Kronig and their application to reflectivity.
Nonlinear optical properties of solids: from the anharmonic oscillator model to wave propagation and
interaction in a nonlinear crystal. Second harmonic generation, frequency mixing, up-conversion and
parametric phenomena.
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Code
549043
Title of the course
SOLID STATE OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY, II MOD
Credits
5
Field
FIS/03
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Orale; Voto finale
Lecturer
Grilli Emanuele enrico
Programme
Light and color; optical properties of solids. Electronic states in semiconductors: band structures of
group IV semiconductors an of III-V family; localized levels (defects, impurities, excitons).
Recombination processes from excited states, especially radiative transitions.
Heavy doping effects. Interfaces, quantum wells, superlattices, quantum wires and quantum dots
Spectroscopic techniques: optical properties, dielectric function, band structure and critical points;
polarimetry, ellipsometry, absorption and reflectivity, photoluminescence, modulation spectroscopy.
Instrumentation for optical spectroscopy and main components (conventional sources, gas and
semiconductor lasers, detectors and spectrometers).
Code
Title of the course
SPECTROSCOPY OF BIOMOLECULES 1
Credits
5
Field
FIS/07
Year of course
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This course is aimed to illustrate the principle spectroscopic techniques applied to the study of the
chemicalphysical-themodynamical properties of biosystems.
Code
549009
Title of the course
STATISTICAL DATA ANALYSIS
Credits
5
Field
FIS/01
Year of course
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Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Orale; Voto finale
Lecturer
Programme
Resume of numerical techniques:
Introduction to numerical computations, finite computer arithmetics, algorithm stability. Outline of
numerical integration techniques, interpolation techniques, techniques for minimum search, …
Smoothing techniques.
Introduction to probabilità and statistics:
Fundamental concepts, Bayes theorem and Bayesian statistics,examples of pdf with applications,
multidimensional error propagation, characteristics functions, the Central Limit Theorem.
MonteCarlo methods:
Introduction, pseudorandom gemnerators, montecarlo techniques and applications Statistical tests
and parameter estimation. Statistical inference:
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Hypothesis test, Neyman-Pearson lemma, linear statistics and Fischer discriminant function, nonlinear statistics and neural networks, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. Sampling. Parameter estimation.
Confidence level:
Classical confidence levels, multidimensional confidence regions.
Unfolding and data filtering:
The unfolding problem, regularization functions(MaxEnt, Tikhonov). Data filtering techniques.
Examples.
Introduction to Fast Fourier Transform and spectral applications (*):
Introduction. FFT. FFT in two or more dimensions. Spectral applications.
Digital filtering in the time domain. Wavelets.
Introduction to neural networks (*):
Introduction. The Hopfield model. The peceptron and the multilayers neural networks. Pattern
classification. Clustering patterns. Examples.
Advanced programming techniques (*):
Object-oriented programming and C++
Data acquisition techniques
Data analysis techniques for high energy physics experiments (*):
Real-time triggering and filtering. Pattern recognition techniques:
track-finding and track fitting, vertex reconstruction, particle showers
reconstruction, …
Code
549005
Title of the course
STATISTICAL MECHANICS
Credits
5
Field
FIS/02
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Orale; Voto finale
Lecturer
Destri Claudio
Programme
Fundamental concepts: macroscopic observables; deterministic dynamics and probability; stochastic
processes; statistical equilibrium; ergodic problem.
Kinetic theory of gases and transport phenomena: Boltzmann equation; H theorem; random walks;
Brownian motion; diffusion equations.
Probability distributions in dynamical systems: statistical ensembles; Gibbs distributions;
thermodynamic limit; statistical fluctuations and entropy; laws of thermodynamics; phases and phase
transitions.
Critical phenomena: mean field and Landau-Ginzburg theory; scaling hypothesis; Kadanoff, Fisher
and Wilson transformation; renormalization group concepts; order-disorder transitions.
Code
549022
Title of the course
SURFACE PHYSICS
Credits
5
Field
FIS/03
Year of course
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Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Orale; Voto finale
Lecturer
Programme
Composition, structure, and morphology:
Introduction to the Surface Physics and to the Ultra High Vacuum methodology
Surface chemical analysis, electronic technique and mass analysis
Crystal structure, surface defects and LEED analysis
Surface relaxation and reconstruction, atomic scattering, FIB and STM
Termodynamics, surface tension, morphology and roughening
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Surface electronic states:
Jellium model for simple metals, surface dipoles and work function
Monodimensional models and surface electronic states, Tamm e Shockley
Extension to 3D, density of states and surface dispersion from AR-UPS
Electronic states and main reconstructions in transition metal surfaces
Electronic states in ideal Si surface and main reconstructions; also in polar surfaces
Gas-surface interaction:
Gas-surface scattering
Physisorption and chemisorption
Kinetics of adsorption
Phase transition in 2 dimensions
Chemical reactions on surface and catalysis
Atomic motions and epitaxial growth:
Surface vibrations, He scattering, EELS
Melting e surface diffusion
Thermodynamical models of epitaxial growth
Kinetic models of epitaxial growth
Nucleation, growth and stability of nanostructures; AEM, AFM and STM
Code
549025
Title of the course
THEORETICAL PHYSICS I
Credits
5
Field
FIS/02
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Orale; Voto finale
Lecturer
Marchesini Giuseppe
Programme
Quantization of free field for scalar particles, fermions and photons.
Interaction as local gauge principle. Particle production and cross
sections. Feynman graphs and various cross section calculations in QED
(quantum electro dynamics)
Code
549026
Title of the course
THEORETICAL PHYSICS II
Credits
5
Field
FIS/02
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Scritto e Orale; Voto finale
Lecturer
Marchesini Giuseppe
Programme
Breaking of discrete, continuous and gauge symmetries. Higgs
phenomena. SU(2)xU(1) gauge symmetry. Fermion masses and W+,W-,Z0 and
photon fields. Feynman graphs and various cross-section and life-time
calculations in electroweak theory.
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Code
549046
Title of the course
THEORY AND PHENOMENOLOGY OF FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS
Credits
5
Field
FIS/04
Year of course
n.d.
Semester
n.d.
Assesment
method
Orale; Voto finale
Lecturer
Programme
Introduction to the theory of quantized fields. Representations of the Lorenz group, spinor fields.
Spin-statistics connection; C, P and T. Quantization of vector fields. Introduction to non-abelian
gauge theories (Yang-Mills fields). The Weinberg-Salam model of electroweak interactions.
Strong interactions and QCD. Renormalization group and asymptotic freedom. R(e^+e^--> adroni),
Sterman-Weinberg jets. Hadrons in the initial state: parton model. Altarelli-Parisi equations and
sum rules.
Deep inelastic scattering phenomenology. Standard model tests: neutral currents in neutrinonucleon,
neutrino electron and electron nucleon collisions. Z physics. Determination of the CKM matrix
elements.
Flavour mixing and CP violation in K and B mesons.
Code
Title of the course
THERMODYNAMICS OF BIOSYSTEMS 1
Credits
5
Field
FIS/07
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method
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Programme
Introductory course to the phenomenology of the most relevant biomolecules and to the
thermodynamics
employed when describing their basic physico-chemical behaviour.
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