Physics 570 Syllabus and Textbooks (Fall 2017)


Syllabus

  1. Introduction and overview (~3 lectures, Chapters 1, 2) 
  2. Unitary symmetry and quark model (~3 lectures, Chapter 9) 
  3. Dirac equation (~2 lectures, Chapter 4)
  4. Quantum electrodynamics  (~ 4 lectures, Chapters 3, 5, 6)
  5. Structure of the nucleons and the parton model (~3 lectures, Chapter 7, 8)
  6. Strong interaction (~2 lectures, Chapter 10)
  7. Weak interaction (~3 lectures, Chapter 11, 12)
  8. Neutrino physics (~2 lectures, Chapter 13) 
  9. Standard model (~3 lectures, Chapter 15, 16)
  10. CP violation (~2 lecture, Chapter 14)
  11. Higgs and beyond the standard model (~2 lectures, Chapter 17, 18) 

Textbooks

The required textbook for this course is:

In addition to the previous books, the following books are recommended:


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