Physics 575 Syllabus (Spring 2019)

 

• QFT
  • Noether's theorem
  • gauge invariance
  • Feynman rules and matrix elements
• QED
  • Dirac algebra
  • helicity structure
  • intro to scattering amplitudes
• QCD
  • parton model
  • scattering amplitudes

• Symmetry breaking
  • of global symmetries
  • of local symmetries
• Weak interactions
  • the SM Higgs

• Flavor
  • The SM flavor structure
  • Masses and mixings
  • neutrinos
  • effective field theory of pions
• Anomalies in the SM (time permitting)
• Outstanding questions

 

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