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
|
Relativistic kinematics
Feynman diagrams
|
G Ch. 3
G Ch. 2
|
HW1
|
| 4 |
9 Feb
11 Feb
|
Interactions and Feynman diagrams
Symmetries and Conservation Laws: Groups
|
G Ch. 2
G Ch. 4
|
HW2
|
5
|
16 Feb
18 Feb
|
Symmetries and Conservation Laws: Spinors
Symmetries and Conservation Laws: Flavor, isospin
|
G Ch. 4
|
HW3 |
6
|
23 Feb
25 Feb
|
Symmetries and Conservation Laws: Parity, C, G-Parity
Symmetries and Conservation Laws: CP, T and CPT
|
G Ch. 4
|
HW4
|
7
|
2 Mar
4 Mar
|
Hadronic bound states
|
G Ch. 5.5-6
|
HW5
|
8
|
9 Mar
11 Mar
|
Feynman Calculus: decays and scattering
Midterm
|
G Ch. 6
|
no HW
|
9
|
16 Mar
18 Mar
|
Spring break |
10
|
23 Mar
25 Mar
|
Feynman Calculus: cross sections |
G Ch. 6 |
HW6
|
11
|
30 Mar
01 Apr
|
Dirac Equation
Solutions to the Dirac Equation
|
G Ch. 7.1-2 |
HW7
|
12
|
06 Apr
08 Apr
|
QED: bilinear covariants; the photon
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 |
