Survey of Elementary Particle Physics
Winter 2008

Preliminary Schedule

Please note - this schedule will probably be revised from time to time.
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Week

 

Subject Matter

Reading
(Griffiths)

1

1/7

Cross Sections and Lifetimes

Feynman Rules (I)

Chapter 6

2

1/14

Dirac Equation

Quantum Electrodynamics

Chapter 6

3

1/21

QED

Chapter 7

4

1/28

QED

Chapter 8

5

2/4

QED for Quarks and Hadrons

Chapter 9

6

2/11

QCD

Midterm Exam #1 on 2/12

Chapter 9

7

2/18

Weak Interactions,  Neutrinos (TBD)

Chapter 10, Notes

8

2/25

Gauge Theories, Spontaneous symmetry breaking
and Higgs Mechanism   (TBD)

Chapter 11

9

3/3

Gauge Theories, Spontaneous symmetry breaking
and Higgs Mechanism   (TBD)

Chapter 11

and Notes

10

3/10

CP Violation (II)

Notes

11

3/17

Exam week