PHYS 470 Spring 2026
PHYS 470 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Schedule
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Here is a tentative course schedule (under construction):
| Week | Date | Topic | Reading | Homework | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 Jan | Introduction |
Ch. 1 |
no HW | |
| 2 | 26 Jan 28 Jan |
Particle overview fundamental interactions |
G Ch. 1 G Ch. 2 |
no HW | |
| 3 |
2 Feb
4 Feb
|
Special Relativity Relativistic Kinematics |
G Ch. 3 G Ch. 2 |
HW1 solutions | |
| 4 |
9 Feb
11 Feb |
Symmetries and Conservation Laws: Groups Symmetries and Conservation Laws: Spinors and Isospin |
G Ch. 2 G Ch. 4 |
HW2 solutions |
|
| 5 |
16 Feb
18 Feb
|
Symmetries and Conservation Laws: Parity and Charge Conjugation Symmetries and Conservation Laws: CP and CPT |
G Ch. 4 |
HW3 solutions |
|
| 6 |
23 Feb
25 Feb
|
Bound States Quarkonia |
G Ch. 4 |
HW4 solutions |
|
| 7 |
2 Mar
4 Mar
|
Decays Cross Sections |
G Ch. 6 | HW5 solutions |
|
| 8 |
9 Mar 11 Mar |
(optional) Review Midterm solutions |
G Ch. 6 |
no HW |
|
| 9 |
16 Mar
18 Mar
|
Spring break | |||
| 10 |
23 Mar
25 Mar
|
Matrix Elements Dirac Equation |
G Ch. 6, 7.1 | HW6 solutions |
|
| 11 |
30 Mar
01 Apr
|
Solutions to the Dirac Equation QED blinear covariants; the photon |
G Ch. 7.1-2 |
HW7 |
|
| 12 |
06 Apr
08 Apr
|
Feynman rules for QED | G Ch. 7 | HW8 | |
| 13 |
13 Apr
15 Apr
|
QED: Casimir's trick, cross sections and lifetimes Electron-positron collisions and electron-proton scattering |
G Ch. 7.7-8 G Ch. 8.1-2 |
HW9 | |
| 14 |
20 Apr 22 Apr |
QCD: Feynman rules and color factors | G Ch. 7.5-6 |
HW10 | |
| 15 |
27 Apr
29 Apr
|
Charged Weak Interactions Neutral currents |
G Ch. 7.1-4 |
HW11 | |
| 16 |
04 May
06 May
|
Local Gauge invariance, EWSB, Higgs, BSM | G Ch. 8.4-6 | no HW | |
| 17 |
Final Exam | ||||