Basic Module

Study of the probability distributions most frequently used in physics; error treatment and error propagation; detection methods, hypothesis testing; maximum likelihood fits to a given model; Monte Carlo simulations.

Introduction to Linux OS; object-oriented programming; programming in a scientific environment; use of numeric libraries to solve scietific problems; simulations.

General vision of our universe, with special attention in the physical processes which govern its evolution and structure formation; thermal history of the universe, including aspects such as inflation, nucleo-synthesis, decoupling and re-ionization; key aspects of gravitation and general relativity; typical mechanisms of radiation-matter interactions.

General vision of the current understanding of elementary particle physics; unified description of the constituents of matter and the fundamental forces through which they interact; Standard Model theory and experimental results which support it.

Seminar-oriented discussions about topics of special relevance in the field of particle physics and physics of the cosmos, in which an internationally recognized expert exposes in some detail a particular aspect of ongoing or recent research. More information, including the content of several of the talks, can be found in the following links:
IFCA web page: Frontier Research master seminars
Past seminars: talks and videos