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After finishing the whole lecture, students should have gained basic knowledge on the characteristics of different elementary particles, interactions among them, and the representative Standard Model which is used to describe the behavior of these particles. Also, students should have been able to understand basic ideas implemented in this research field of particle physics and some of the related scientific results when lectures are completed. More specifically, students should have obtained a good understanding of the following key concepts when completing this lecture: fundamental forces, types of elementary particles, their interactions, symmetries (related to basic lie group theory) in particle physics, violation of symmetries (e.g. CP in weak interaction), basic Feynman diagram knowledge, some knowledge on physics beyond Standard Model, and more...    

Protons, electrons, neutrons, neutrinos and even quarks are often featured in news of scientific discoveries. All of these, and a whole "zoo" of others, are tiny sub-atomic particles too small to be seen even in microscopes. The subject aimed at studying this is called Elementary Particle Physics. 

Our current understanding of the sub-atomic Universe is based on a number of profound theoretical ideas that are embodied in the Standard Model of particle physics. In this series of lectures, I will introduce the zoo of particles and the interactions among them within the framework of Standard Model. I will also introduce some scientific results from both theoretical and experimental sides to understand how to utilize the Standard Model knowledge to obtain and interpret these results. Moreover, we can see if this ideal model passes tests in all conceivable ways, seeking to find out whether something more lies beyond it. 

(Complicated mathematical formalism will be reduced to particle physics beginner-friendly content)

For reference textbook, I highly recommend "Introduction to elementary particles" by David Griffiths, which is also available through university online library: https://bibsearch.uibk.ac.at/AC09357552