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About the Course

This course introduces you to subatomic physics, i.e. the physics of nuclei and particles. More specifically, the following questions are addressed: - What are the concepts of particle physics and how are they implemented? - What are the properties of atomic nuclei and how can one use them? - How does one accelerate and detect particles and measure their properties? - What does one learn from particle reactions at high energies and particle decays? - How do electromagnetic interactions work and how can one use them? - How do strong interactions work and why are they difficult to understand? - How do weak interactions work and why are they so special? - What is the mass of objects at the subatomic level and how does the Higgs boson intervene? - How does one search for new phenomena beyond the known ones? - What can one learn from particle physics concerning astrophysics and the Universe as a whole? The course is structured in eight modules. Following the first one which introduces our subject, the modules 2 (nuclear physics) and 3 (accelerators and detectors) are rather self contained and can be studied separately. The modules 4 to 6 go into more depth about matter and forces as described by the standard model of particle physics. Module 7 deals with our ways to search for new phenomena. And the last module introduces you to two mysterious components of the Universe, namely Dark Matter and Dark Energy....

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AE

Oct 25, 2023

This course has been of great impact on my understanding to particle physics, also it draws the path to me in order to go further in this field, I highly recommend it. Special thanks to the teachers.

VL

Mar 26, 2021

Way hard if you are not a science major! But the challenge is interesting. A quick advice : Refer to the slides if you find the accents too hard to understand.

Thank you for the great course!

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By Jose A V H

Oct 14, 2017

Practically everything I expected from an introductory course, plus more, I still have many papers mentioned in the modules to read, so I'll keep on going. It doesn't require advanced math skills, however, to fully understand some topics I recommend to have your calculus skills revisited if you're not in the field of theoretical/experimental physics.

By MIAN S S

Nov 11, 2022

First, I want to express my gratitude to Professor Martin Pohl, Anna Safrla, University of Geneva and Coursera for creating such a wonderful course. The course material was very clearly described. Additionally, they responded to my questions extremely fast, which is excellent. It's perfect in terms of the course material, videos, and presentations.

By pranav m

Dec 15, 2020

Faculties are soo good, easy to understand everything and enjoyed a lot. Respected Martin sir and mercedes mam u are greatest teacher i ever meet. Particle physics is my favourite topic and i love it a lot. I had so many questions in my mind at school. After watching it all cleared.

Thanku so much sir and mam 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Regards

Pranav mookonil

By Diya B

May 31, 2021

When I took up this course I was not of aware of the prerequisite that we at least had to be 3rd year Bachelor students. Being a first year BSc student did create a lot of hurdles on my path of completion of the course, however I managed to do it. The professors were great, hopefully I can access these videos later. Thank you

By Marcela K

Sep 12, 2017

Thank you for this course, i am looking forward to future courses. I found it helpful that we were not drowned in difficult calculations. I also found it helpful that we were given hints of calculations. Just about the right mix for a hopeful beginner. Thanks again to all the team and good luck in your future discoveries

By Kevin D N

Mar 9, 2019

I thank you, for helping me and teaching me to recognize, define, correctly, solve concepts such as dark energy, dark matter, understand the principle of the universe and matter, as well as identify the different fundamental parts of matter and the forces and interactions between them.

By Mark T

May 1, 2021

This is a really good way to brush up on cutting-edge physics today, or even learn something new. This is not a difficult and at the same time very informative course, which will be a good start for many. Especially for those who want to start learning with not too hard mathematics.

By Dr. T V R

May 7, 2017

This course was one of the most difficult and information laden MOOC I have taken and I've taken many. The three professors do a great job of explaining difficult topic even if English is not their native language. I hope they make a next course (intermediate particle physics).

By Thomas B

Aug 11, 2020

Answered many of my questions in great detail. The math was at the right level - difficult but within my reach. I am satisfied that I know much more than when I started the class. Thank you to all the presenters, it was a delight to learn so much in so little time.

By Srishti N

Mar 8, 2018

The course has a very good content covering almost entire particle physics syllabus. The teachers also teach well but at some places i couldn't understand the pronunciation. Rest all the assignments, graded quizzes are an excellent way to test yourself.

By Santiago G y G

Apr 25, 2020

I loved this course. It was interesting, fascinating, fun and sometimes puzzling. I really want to gather more information about particle physics, and my favorite topic was electroweak interactions and neutrinos. Thank you so much for this course.

By Vishal V

Aug 19, 2022

Very informative and interesting. As a bachelor's student, I found some difficulties in understanding some concepts but by attempting the practice questions it was clear. This course made to understand particle physics at least in a basic level.

By Tales A O G

Sep 7, 2020

This course has opened my mind to the study of particle physics. I have learned a lot about particle interactions and the constituency of our universe. And also It motivates me to study more about this area to search for answers to open problems

By Reymundo F F

Dec 8, 2019

the prfessors were so nice and the method for teach is very well. in general this course is great but in humble opinion i think you need to teach more show with examples how do those equations and no only show those equations on the blackboard.

By Stephen A

Jul 25, 2023

I absolutely loved this course. I wanted to do a sort of deep dive into subatomic physics and this course helped me do that. It provided a ton of knowledge and understanding in this particular area of physics. Absolutely recommend it.

By Leandro S A

Sep 17, 2021

Absolutely fantastic. This is the most fascinating course in the field of particle physics for beginners. The material has an excellent quality, and teachers know what they´re talking about. Interviews with specialist... Outstanding.

By Muhammad N M M

May 9, 2020

I really enjoyed every video along the way, and really thankful for all who contributed to create this magnificent course, which is obvious the amount of effort, time and dedication to make it wonderful like that.

Thank you all

By p v k

Apr 3, 2019

extremely difficult subject to explain and put across, but the professors have done remarkably well in making the course concise, effective and interesting.

Heartfelt thanks to the team at University of Geneva.

By Cristian S

Oct 14, 2019

Muy buen material, se ha de reforzar las presentaciones con material externo ya que algunas preguntas de los quizzes son bastante puntuales o especificas.

No estaría mal incluir mayor cantidad de ejercicios.

By Shibaji M

Oct 27, 2017

Excellent course for an advanced undergraduate level introduction to particle physics phenomenology. This course can be supplemented with a standard text to get a good understanding of particle physics.

By AYOUB E

Oct 26, 2023

This course has been of great impact on my understanding to particle physics, also it draws the path to me in order to go further in this field, I highly recommend it. Special thanks to the teachers.

By João M C d A

Aug 29, 2020

Great course overall. The professors give very precious insight into the world of particle physics. The level of mathematics involved is quite high, but also managable with some effort.

By Michael C

Apr 12, 2020

It is an extremely informative and enjoyable way to pass my time during the quarantine. I highly recommend it, even to those, who had a similar course in the university like me.

By Rachid M

Jun 24, 2020

Great course to understand how subatomic particles works. There is a bit of maths, but you do not need to understand every equation to grasp the key message. Thanks a lot !

By radha k m v

May 26, 2020

I have learned a lot of knowledge about elementary particles. Thank you very much to team of professors, university of Geneva and Coursera.

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