Here is a tentative course syllabus (under construction):
| Week |
Date | Topic | Reading | Checkpoints |
Homework |
| 1 |
20 Jan |
Introduction Units and scales Fundamental matter particles |
L Ch. I T Ch. 1 G. Ch. 1 |
no CP |
no HW |
| 2 |
25 Jan 27 Jan |
Feynman diagrams and interactions (QED, QCD, weak) |
L Ch. I T Ch. 1, 2 G Ch. 1 |
CP 1 Solutions |
HW 1 Solutions |
| 3 |
01 Feb
03 Feb
|
Conservation Laws Relativistic kinematics Fermi's Golden Rule |
L CH. II T Ch. 2.2, 2.3.6, 3.1 G Ch. 3, 6.1-2 |
CP 2 Solutions |
HW 2 Solutions |
| 4 |
08 Feb
10 Feb |
Decay rates and cross sections | T Ch. 3 G Ch. 6.1-2 |
CP 3 Solutions |
HW 3 Solutions |
| 5 |
15 Feb
17 Feb
|
The Dirac Equation |
T Ch. 4.1-7 G Ch. 7.1-2 |
CP 4 Solutions |
HW 4 Solutions |
| 6 |
22 Feb
24 Feb
|
Helicity Feynman diagrams (part II) Introduction to QED |
T Ch. 4.8, 5 G Ch. 7.4-5 |
CP 5 Solutions |
HW 5 Solutions |
| 7 |
29 Feb
02 Mar
|
QED processes Helicity amplitudes |
T Ch. 6 G Ch. 7.6-8 |
CP 6 Solutions |
HW 6 Solutions |
| 8 |
07 Mar 09 Mar |
e+e- annihilation to lepton
pairs trace theorems e+e- -> hadrons |
T Ch. 6, 10.6 G Ch. 7, 8.1 |
CP 7 Solutions |
no HW |
| 9 |
14 Mar
16 Mar
|
Midterm exam |
T Ch. 1-6 G Ch. 1,3,6,7 |
no CP |
HW 8 Solutions |
| 10 |
23 Mar
25 Mar
|
Springbreak |
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| 11 |
28 Mar
30 Mar
|
Electron-proton scattering |
T Ch. 7.1-4, 8.1 G Ch. 8.1-2 |
CP 9 Solutions |
HW 9 Solutions |
| 12 |
04 Apr
06 Apr
|
Deep inelastic scattering Bjorken scaling QCD |
T Ch. 8.1-3, 10.1-2 G Ch. 8.1-3 |
CP 10 Solutions |
HW 10 Solutions |
| 13 |
11 Apr
13 Apr
|
Perturbative QCD
The quark-parton model |
T Ch. 10.1-7, 8.4 G Ch. |
CP 11 Solutions |
HW 11 Solutions |
| 14 |
18 Apr 20 Apr |
Neutrino
physics Flavor symmetries Quark model |
L Ch. IV (Ch. III) T Ch. 9 G Ch. 5.5-6 |
CP 12 Solutions |
HW 12 Solutions |
| 15 |
25 Apr
27 Apr
|
Discrete symmetries Weak interactions |
L Ch.
IV (Ch.
III) T Ch. 9.1-6 G Ch. 4.3-4, 5.5-6 |
CP 13 Solutions |
no HW |
| 16 |
02 May
04 May
|
Electroweak interactions |
T Ch. 15-17 G Ch. 9-10 |
CP 14 Solutions |
no HW |
| 17 |
Final exam: Friday, May 13,
8:00-11:00, 136 Loomis |
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