Course Summary

Below are the NExT PhD School modules confirmed so far for the 2019-20 academic year. 

More will become available in due course and will be posted here.

Note that, as of 23 of March 2020 (the date of Covid-19 lockdown enforcement in the UK), all course deliveries have moved online. 

Lecturers will make individual decisions on what VC software to use for this purpose but in all cases they will inform students 

beforehand as well as record and share all sessions.  

Core courses

Quantum Field Theory (QFT) part I (36 hours) [Daniel Litim, Sussex]  Wed 14:00-17:00, Oct 2 - Dec 11 

Symmetries/Group Theory (SPP)  (36 hours) [Andrea Banfi, Sussex]  Tue 17:00-18:00 and Fri 13:00 - 15:00, Oct 1 - Dec 13 

Standard Model (SM) (16 hours) [James Drummond, Soton] Thu 10:00 - 12:00, Nov 21 - Dec 12 & Wed 10:00 - 12:00, Feb 13 - Mar 19

Quantum Field Theory (QFT) part II (15 hours) [Steve King, Soton] Mon 11:00 - 12:00 and Wed/Fri 16:00-17:00, Jan 27 - Feb 28 

Quantum Field Theory (QFT) part III (15 hours) [Nick Evans, Soton] Mon 11:00 - 12:00 and Wed/Fri 16:00-17:00, Mar 2 - May 1

BSM (12 hours)  [Stephan Huber, Sussex]  Mon 14:00 - 16:00, Jan 27 - Apr 27 (via Zoom)

Neutrino Physics (15 hours) [Pasquale Di Bari, Soton] Tue 14:00 - 16:00, Feb 4 - Apr 28 (via Teams)

Particle Cosmology (15 hours) [Pasquale Di Bari, Soton] Tue 14:00 - 16:00, May 5 - Jun 30 (via Teams)

Phenomenology (20 hours) [Stefano Moretti, Soton] 22, 23, 24, 29 Jun & 1, 6, 7 Jul 11:00-13:00; 25 Jun & 2 Jul 10:00-12:00; 26 Jun 14:00-16:00 (via Visimeet till 25 Jun and Teams afterwards)

Non-Core courses

Machine Learning for Physicists (8 hours)  [Kasper Larsen, Soton] Various times and venues, Jan 15 - Feb 13 

Introduction to HEP Tools (10 hours)  [Alexander Belyaev, Soton] Mon 8 to Fri 12 Jun, 10:00 - 12:00 (via Teams)

Introduction to EW Physics and Lattice QFT (10 hours) [Andreas Juettner, Soton] Mon 1 to Fri 5 June, 10:00 - 11:30 (via Teams)

RAL Advanced Graduate Lectures [schedule at https://indico.stfc.ac.uk/event/119/] 11-15 May 2020 (via Zoom)

Mini courses

SUSY Phenomenology (6 hours) [Harri Waltari, RAL/Soton] Wed 27 & Thu 28 May, Wed 3 & Thu 4 June, 14.00-15.30  (via Zoom)

Recap on supersymmetry: superfields, superpotential, Kähler potential. Constructing Lagrangians for supersymmetric theories. The Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) and some extensions. Soft supersymmetry breaking and its phenomenological implications. Dark matter candidates in supersymmetry. Production and decays of superpartners. Signatures with different LSP candidates. Experimental searches for supersymmetry: Triggering SUSY events, searches based on missing transverse energy, razor variables, kinematical edges, cases with compressed spectra, R-parity violating signatures.

Course suggestion/discussion/voting

Please follow this link to the forum devoted to course discussion/selection/voting. 

If you think that some new course would be useful for you, please let us know by adding your name, e-mail and 

the provisional subject of the course. 

All students/lecturers are very welcome to discuss/select/vote for the suggested course or add their own suggestion.

Details/syllabuses of mini courses

These will be announced in due course.