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Please note that the lecture notes posted here are likely to
have mistakes and to be incomplete.
When corrected versions of a set of notes are posted, that
will be noted.
Figures for some sets of notes are added by hand for class,
and will not appear in the posted versions.
| class | date | subject | links |
| 1 | March 27 | Elements of Classical Mechanics | notes in PDF format (0.5 MB) |
| 2 | March 29 | Review of Classical Electro-Dynamics | notes in postscript format (0.1 MB) |
| 3 | April 3 | Lagrangian Electro-Dynamics;
The Real Scalar Field |
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| 4 | April 5 |
The Complex Scalar Field;
Global Gauge Invariance |
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| 5 | April 10 |
Gauge Invariance in Quantum Mechanics;
The Covariant Derivative |
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| 6 | April 12 |
Non-Abelian Gauge Theories;
Strong Isospin |
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| 7 | April 17 | The Dirac Equation | |
| 8 | April 19 | The Lagrangian of the Standard Model | |
| 9 | April 24 | The Electroweak Theory | |
| 10 | April 26 | The QCD Lagrangian | |
| 11 | May 1 |
The Higgs Mechanism, part I
(Aziz Majidi, Guest Lecturer) |
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| 12 | May 3 |
Neutrino Oscillations and Masses
(Randy Johnson, Guest Lecturer) |
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| 13 | May 8 |
The Higgs Mechanism, part II
(Reza Jamei, Guest Lecturer) |
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| 14 | May 10 |
Cross-Sections and Decay Rates, part I
(Dickson Goulart, Guest Lecturer) |
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| 15 | May 15 | Cross-Sections and Decay Rates, part II | |
| 16 | May 17 | Some Tests of the Standard Model | |
| 17 | May 22 |
Running Coupling Strengths
(Greg Braun, Guest Lecturer) |
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| 18 | May 24 | Production and Decay of a Higgs Boson |
Chris Tully's FCP01 talk on "Direct Search for Higgs Boson and
Other LEP II Results", in
PDF format (6.2 MB).
Mike Wood's FCP01 talk on "Higgs Mass Predictions via Precision Electroweak Measurements", in PDF format (2.8 MB). For related talks, see the plenary talks at the FCP01 web site. |
| 19 | May 29 | Grand Unification | |
| 20 | May 31 |
Supersymmetry
(Alex Kagan, Guest Lecturer) |
last modified May 5, 2001