Physics 570 Syllabus and Textbooks (Fall 2017)
Syllabus
- Introduction and overview (~3 lectures, Chapters 1, 2)
- Unitary symmetry and quark model (~3 lectures, Chapter 9)
- Dirac equation (~2 lectures, Chapter 4)
- Quantum electrodynamics (~ 4 lectures, Chapters 3, 5, 6)
- Structure of the nucleons and the parton model (~3 lectures, Chapter 7, 8)
- Strong interaction (~2 lectures, Chapter 10)
- Weak interaction (~3 lectures, Chapter 11, 12)
- Neutrino physics (~2 lectures, Chapter 13)
- Standard model (~3 lectures, Chapter 15, 16)
- CP violation (~2 lecture, Chapter 14)
- Higgs and beyond the standard model (~2 lectures, Chapter 17, 18)
Textbooks
The required textbook for this course is:
- Thomson, Modern Particle Physics
In addition to the previous books, the following books are recommended:
- Halzen and Martin, Quarks and Leptons
- Griffiths, Introduction to Elementary Particles
- Perkins, Introduction to High Energy Physics
- Aitchison and Hey, Gauge Theories in Particle Physics
- Frauenfelder and Henley, Subatomic Physics
- Povh et al., Particles and Nuclei
- Heyde, Basic Ideas and Concepts in Nuclear Physics
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