PHYS 470 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Course Description

Standard model, Feyman diagrams, particle interactions, symmetries and groups, Quantum Electrodynamics, Quantum Chormodynamics, weak interactions, particle colliders. Course Information: 4 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: PHYS 485 or PHYS 486.

Syllabus

Introduction
Special Relativity
Decay rates and cross sections
Dirac Equation
Symmetries (Spin, Isospin, C,P,T,...)
Electroweak
QED
QCD
Bound States
Particle Colliders

Textboook

D. Griffiths, Introduction to Elementary Particles

Supplemental Texts

Modern Particle Physics (optional for those who would like a deeper understanding of the material)

Particle Data Booklet (need for homeworks), free online: https://pdg.lbl.gov/