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Philippe Mertens

Position

Former member
Member from January 2008

Teaching

Classical Mechanics Exercices

Introduction to kinematics, dynamics and biophysics :
- PHY1113 for chemist, biologist, aggronomist, bio-engineer and geographer.
- IEPR1005 for physical teacher and kinesitherapist.

General Physics Exercices/Laboratory

Introduction to thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism, optics and nuclear physics
- PHY1115
- PHY1112

Special Relativity Exercices

Introduction to kinematics and dynamics in Minkowski space-time.
PHY1223

General Relativity Exercices

Introduction to General Relativity
PHY1323

Classical Electrodynamics

Introduction to Classical Electrodynamics based on the J.D. Jackson book
PHY1323

Projects

Research directions:

Phenomenology of elementary particles
Theories of the fundamental interactions

Active projects

CP and chiral symmetry in K physics.

Jean-Marc Gérard

Study anomalous effect on the $Formula: 0$ energy distribution and try to extract the $Formula: 1$ parameter $Formula: 2$ from experimental data.

Non-active projects

$Formula: 0$ in the SM and beyond.

Jean-Marc Gérard

The relative strengths of $Formula: 0$ , $Formula: 1$ and $Formula: 2$ processes provide a powerfull tool to probe new physics (NP). Focusing on the $Formula: 3$ transition we indentify the most promising observables to look for NP, improve their SM predictions (by improving calculations and using recent experimental data) and provide a NP analysis.

External collaborators: Christopher Smith (Université Lyon 1).

Weak and strong CP violations

Jean-Marc Gérard

Weak interaction contributions to the strong $\theta$ parameter are revisited in the frame of a large-$N_c$ Chiral Perturbation Theory. Focusing on the hadronic $\eta^{(\prime)}\rightarrow \pi \pi$ amplitudes, we express these second-order corrections in terms of the CP-violating parameter in $K \rightarrow \pi \pi$ decays.

Publications in IRMP

All my publications on Inspire

Number of publications as IRMP member: 3

2012

CP3-12-29: Weakly-induced strong CP-violation

J. M. Gerard and P. Mertens

[Abstract] [PDF] [Journal] [Dial]
Physics Letters B 716 (2012), pp. 316-321.
Refereed paper. June 5.

CP3-12-21: K+ -> π+ π0 γ in the Standard Model and Beyond

Philippe Mertens

[Abstract] [PDF]
Proceedings contribution to the 47th Rencontres de Moriond Electroweak session 2012.
Contribution to proceedings. May 5.

2011

CP3-11-12: The s ---> d gamma decay in and beyond the Standard Model

Philippe Mertens and Christopher Smith

[Abstract] [PDF] [Journal] [Dial]
Published in JHEP08(2011)069.
March 30.