Survey of Elementary Particle Physics
Winter 2009

Preliminary Schedule

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Week

 

Subject Matter

Reading
(Griffiths)

1

1/6
1/8

Cross Sections and Lifetimes

Feynman Rules (I)

Chapter 6

2

1/13
1/15

Dirac Equation

Quantum Electrodynamics

Chapter 6

3

1/20
1/22

QED

Chapter 7

4

1/27
1/29

QED

Chapter 8

5

2/3
2/5

QED for Quarks and Hadrons

Chapter 9

6

2/10
2/12

QCD

Midterm Exam #1 on 2/12

Chapter 9

7

2/17
2/19

Weak Interactions (TBD)

Chapter 10, Notes

8

2/24
2/26

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

Chapter 11

9

3/3
3/5

New Physics
Beyond the Standard Model   (TBD)

Chapter 11

and Notes

10

3/10
3/12

CP Violation (II)

Notes

11

3/17
3/19

Exam week