Here is a tentative course syllabus (under construction):
| Week | Date | Topic | Reading | Checkpoints | Homework |
| 1 | 25 Aug 27 Aug |
The birth of nuclear and particle physics Introduction |
L Ch. 0 L Ch. I |
no CP | no HW |
| 2 | 01 Sep 03 Sep |
Labor Day Symmetries and Groups |
H Ch. 2.1-6 L Ch. II.1-3 |
CP 1 Solutions |
no HW |
| 3 | 08 Sep 10 Sep |
Strangeness and SU(3) flavor Baryons Discrete Symmetries C, P, T |
H Ch. 2.7-11 L Ch. II.4-5 |
CP 2 Solutions |
HW 1 Solutions |
| 4 | 15 Sep 17 Sep |
The Dirac Equation | H Ch. 5 L Ch. III.1-3 |
CP 3 Solutions |
HW 2 Solutions |
| 5 | 22 Sep 24 Sep |
QED | H Ch. 4,6 L Ch. III.1-3, IV |
CP 4 Solutions |
HW 3 Solutions |
| 6 | 29 Sep 01 Oct |
Scattering amplitudes e+e- -> mu+ mu- |
H Ch 6, 14.1-3 L Ch. IV |
CP 5 Solutions |
HW 4 Solutions |
| 7 | 06 Oct 08 Oct |
From scattering amplitudes to cross sections e+e- -> hadrons Helicity structure |
H 4.3, 6.6-7, 11.1 L Ch. IV |
CP 6 Solutions |
HW 5 Solutions |
| 8 | 13 Oct 15 Oct |
QCD |
H 14.4, 8 L Ch. V |
CP 7 Solutions |
HW 6 Solutions |
| 9 | 20 Oct 22 Oct |
quark-quark scattering e-p+ elastic scattering and the proton form factor Deeply inelastic scattering |
H 8.3-4, 9.1 L Ch. V |
CP 8 Solutions |
HW 7 Solutions |
| 10 | 27 Oct 29 Oct |
Proton structure Parton model Parton distribution functions |
H 9 L Ch. V |
CP 9 Solutions |
HW 8 Solutions |
| 11 | 03 Nov 05 Nov |
The quarks inside the proton Weak Interactions Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking |
H 9.3, 14.6-7 L Ch. V.6, VI.1 |
CP 10 Solutions |
HW 9 Solutions |
| 12 | 10 Nov 12 Nov |
Higgs mechanism The Glashow-Weinberg-Salam model |
L Ch VI | CP 11 Solutions |
HW 10 Solutions |
| 13 | 17 Nov 19 Nov |
Electroweak interactions of fermions |
L Ch VI | CP 12 Solutions |
HW 11 Solutions |
| 14 | 24 Nov 26 Nov |
Thanksgiving break | |||
| 15 | 01 Dec 03 Dec |
Low-energy weak interactions
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L Ch VI.7 | CP 13 Solutions |
HW 12 Solutions |
| 16 | 08 Dec 10 Dec |
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no CP |
no HW |
| 17 | Final exam due: Wednesday, 17 Dec 2014, 11:00AM |
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