9-13 DECEMBER, 2024

Teaching Faculty

Prof. Jose Wudka

    
Department of Physics.
University of California Riverside

Dr. Subhaditya Bhattacharya


Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, INDIA .

Who can Attend

The course will be open to research scholars, post doctoral fellows and faculty members in particle physics research and select few M.Sc. students interested in High Energy physics.

Course coordinators

Dr. Subhaditya Bhattacharya
Associate Professor
Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati-781039

Course Overview

In spite of tremendous success, Standard Model (SM) of particle physics fails to explain several important experimental results, such as the existence of small neutrino masses, the presence of dark matter, etc., hinting towards physics beyond the SM (BSM). Given the absence of any hints pointing at a specific type of BSM physics, it is best to probe for new physics in a model-independent way, and through possible deviations form the SM in high-precision experimental results. Such a model-independent approach is available, falling under the general heading of Effective Field Theory (EFT). The proposed course will provide a general and systematic introduction to the EFT formalism as applied to BSM physics.

Course Objectives

  1. To illustrate the basic idea of effective field theory (EFT)
  2. Construct the SMEFT Lagrangian unto dimension seven
  3. To understand the effects of low energy equation of motion
  4. Classification of the operators into potential tree generated (PTG) and loop generated (LG) ones and phenomenological implications of such classification
  5. Apply EFT to topics of current interest, Higgs, Neutrinos and Dark Matter physics.

Standard Model Effective Field Theories and Applications to Higgs, Neutrinos and Dark Matter

Organized By
Department of Physics and Centre of Educational Technology
Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati

December 9-13, 2024
Day 1:
  • Lecture1: (JW) Basic ideas of EFT with illustrations.
  • Lecture 2: (JW) Effective Lagrangian and decoupling theorem; the role of gauge invariance.
  • Tutorial 1: (SB) SM electroweak interactions, Higgs, Feynman graphs, cross-section calculations.
Day 2:
  • Lecture 3: (JW) EFT for non-decoupling situations.
  • Lecture 4: (JW) The SM effective theory up-to operators of dimension 7.
  • Tutorial 2: (SB) Constructing EFT operators, Independent EFT operators, equation of motion.
Day 3:
  • Lecture 5: (JW) Discrete symmetries and flavor changing processes.
  • Lecture 6: (JW) Formal developments: the equivalence theorem.
  • Tutorial 3: (SB) Higgs EFT and applications. Guest Lecture by Dr. Joydeep Chakraborty on connection between EFT and NP.
Day 4:
  • Lecture 7: (JW) Formal developments: RG effects.
  • Lecture 8: (JW) Formal developments: loop (LG) and tree generated (PTG) operators.
  • Tutorial 4: (SB) SMEFT operators in dimension six and seven, PTG versus LG, applications to neutrino. Guest Lecture by Dr. Soumitra Nandi on EFT in flavour physics.
Day 5:
  • Lecture 9: (JW) Application: Higgs physics, Neutrino physics, Lepton number violation.
  • Lecture 10: (JW) Application: DM physics.
  • Tutorial 5: (SB) Relic density, direct and collider search for Dark matter using EFT operators.
  • Exam

Registration Procedure

  1. Candidate should apply to the course befor October 1, 2024. Application form link:
  2. After shortlisting the candidate will be notified by October 15, 2024 via email.
  3. Shortlisted candidate should pay the registration fee and provide the details in the below form by November 1, 2024:





Course fees:

  1. Research Scholars/ M. Sc. Students: Rs. 1000.00 + 18% GST
  2. Post Doctoral fellows: Rs. 2000.00 + 18% GST
  3. Faculty members: Rs. 3000.00 + 18% GST
  4. Foreign Participants: $200.00

The selected candidates may pay the applicable fees by online bank transfer / wire transfer / internet banking to the provided bank account.
Please keep the online transfer receipt for proof of transfer.





Payment Details

Bank Name : STATE BANK OF INDIA
Branch Name : IIT GUWAHATI BRANCH
IFSC Code : SBIN0014262
MICR code : 781002053
Account Name : IIT GUWAHATI R&D – MHRD
Account No : 31151533220
Account Type : Savings




Contact Information

Dr. Subhaditya Bhattacharya
Associate Professor
Department of Physics, IIT Guwahati
Pin-781039
E-mail: subhab@iitg.ac.in
Phone number: +91-0361-258-3558

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