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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....

Top reviews

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 Yokesh S

Dec 11, 2020

Many videos were hard to follow, mostly because of the language and accent of the instructor.

By Harshit A

Oct 23, 2020

Content was good but the way of explaining was not up to the mark.

Content- 5/5

Teaching- 3/5

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Apr 12, 2018

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By Suresh G

Apr 4, 2023

Good for high school physics students and anyone interested in nuclear physics.

By Gustavo P

Oct 8, 2017

This course is quite good, I liked it a lot and learnt a lot from it.

By Anirudh S

Mar 6, 2019

The number of questions should be increased in every section!

By Prasanna K S

Dec 4, 2020

Really set of amazing series of lectures. Nicely explained.

By Subhajit M

Jun 21, 2023

It is great course. I learn a lot of new things from this.

By Edu

Aug 31, 2022

It's ok, but sometimes hard to understand. Take your time.

By Sahil

Aug 9, 2019

It would be great if there were numerical problems

By Saphilous S

Jun 18, 2019

French accent of the tutors is a bit troubling

By Мясников В А

Jun 9, 2020

french accent of mercedes is not that good

By Ayan B

Sep 28, 2020

The course is very informative indeed.

By Richard K

Jul 7, 2018

Fast paced but informative.

By Natnael M (

Aug 27, 2020

It is a very nice cource.

By Samantha S

Mar 23, 2018

i love the material

By Ogunnaike F E

Jul 9, 2020

very easy to grasp

By TARIT G

Oct 14, 2017

Very good approach

By Ali H

Jun 27, 2021

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By Jacqueline T

Aug 1, 2020

Interesting material and good breadth. The difficulty level varies a lot between weeks - some weeks are very in depth while others seem like filler in comparison. There are a lot of equations introduced which require more knowledge of physics than I had expected from the course description and seem to be beyond the scope of an introductory course. Fortunately, following these equations is generally not necessary to understand the course objectives, but it does make following the lessons needlessly complex. Additionally, some of the quiz questions require memorization of specific numbers/values that are only tangentially related to the week's topic and don't help to further understanding of the subject matter.

By Christian T

Feb 3, 2021

I prefere courses with more explanation in detail. For example calculations actually done in real time. Good example would be the University of Australias courses about cosmology on EdX. Back of the envelope calculations are done in detail.

Just videos of presentations are a bit boring. I rather read something.

I do not see the point of all the numbers and calculations in the presentations but the tests are just about the theory. I would rather have a course with less material but more depth or more general but easier to understand. The additional video about Feynman diagrams was my favorite. I would like more of that.

By Hamza I

Aug 28, 2020

The course was very informative and finely detailed. I would say, however, that some parts or concepts were made a bit complicated and that they could have been easily explained/demonstrated.

By Samuel L J

Aug 7, 2017

The course is good, although too general. It could use more challenging exercises and mathematics, more in line with a course in Particle Physics in a standard Physics curriculum.

By Raktim M

Aug 17, 2023

The topics covered do meet the essential requirements. I am satisfied with the scope of the course.

The delivery of the instructors however could have been better.