Scattering and Decay Processes

Scattering and Decay processes are the main phenomena that

provide us information about the (sub)atomic world.

In this course the various techniques are outlined which are

used to acquire knowledge about the nature of the elementary

building blocks of matter and the interactions among them.

By means of a classical description of Rutherford scattering,

the concept of Cross Section is introduced.

This is then applied to experiments with particle accelerators

to introduce the concept of Luminosity and derive expressions

for Event Rate, Mean Free Path and Beam Attenuation.

The physics aspects are addressed by investigation of subjects

like Transition Rates, Average Lifetimes, Radiation Intensity

and the Lineshape of unstable states.

Lecture Notes :

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