SATACS Experimental Particle Physics Course

Tuesday 19 Aug 2025, 12:00 → 13:00 Africa/Johannesburg

Deepak Kar (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)), Rachid Mazini (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))

Lecture slots:

Mondays (Zoom only): 9 - 10

Tuesdays (Hybrid, Wits Honours Room + Zoom) 12 - 13

HEP and ML video from Jesse Thaler

W/Z Discovery Popular Science Book

12:00 → 12:01 (12/08) Lecture 1: Introduction/Discoveries

Speaker: Deepak Kar (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))

HiggsGammaGamma.gif

insideproton.mp4

Introduction to the course, particle collisions

12:01 → 12:02 (22/08) Lecture 2: Collisions

Speaker: Deepak Kar (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))

Collisions&Coordinates

12:02 → 12:03 (25/08) Lecture 3: Objects

Speaker: Deepak Kar (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))

DetectorObjects&Jets

12:03 → 12:04 (26/08): Lecture 4: Processes/EventDisplays

Speaker: Deepak Kar (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))

EventDisplays

12:04 → 12:05 (01/09) Lecture 5: Introduction to Statistics (1)

Speaker: Rachid Mazini (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))

IntroStats1

12:05 → 12:06 (02/09) Lecture 6: Introduction to Statistics (2)

Speaker: Rachid Mazini (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))

IntroStats2

12:06 → 12:07 (15/09) Lecture 7: Application of Statistics (1)

Speaker: Rachid Mazini (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))

Lecture6-7.pdf

12:08 → 12:09 (16/09) Lecture 8: Application of Statistics (2)

Speaker: Rachid Mazini (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))

Lecture8-9.pdf

12:10 → 12:11 (23/09) Lecture 9: Feynman Diagrams/Simulation

Speaker: Deepak Kar (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))

FeynmanDiagrams

12:11 → 12:12 (29/09) Lecture 10: Searches and Measurements (1)

Speaker: Deepak Kar (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))

SimulationAndAnalysisIntro

12:12 → 12:13 (30/09) Lecture 11: Searches and Measurements (2)

Speaker: Deepak Kar (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))

AnalysisBasics

12:13 → 12:14 (06/10) Lecture 12: Plots

Speaker: Deepak Kar (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))

Plots

12:14 → 12:15 (07/10) Lecture 13: Plots and interpreting them

Speaker: Deepak Kar (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))

ReadingPlots

12:15 → 12:16 (14/10) Lecture 14: Playing with ATLAS Open Data

Speaker: Deepak Kar (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))

Open Data Histogram Analyzer

12:16 → 12:17 (20/10) Lecture 15: Playing with ATLAS Open Data (2)/Wrap up

Speaker: Deepak Kar (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))

Wrapup

12:40 → 12:41 (21/10) Lecture: Introduction to Machine Learning

Speaker: Rachid Mazini (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))

12:50 → 12:51 (20/10) Lecture: Introduction to Machine Learning

Speaker: Rachid Mazini (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))

Mazini_MLinHEP.pdf