This is my best-guess schedule as of May 5, 2001.
It is subject to change, and all students are responsible
for changes announced in class.
| class | date | subject |
| 1 | March 27 | Review of Classical Mechanics |
| 2 | March 29 | Review of Classical Electro-Dynamics |
| 3 | April 3 | Lagrangian Electro-Dynamics;
The Real Scalar Field |
| 4 | April 5 |
The Complex Scalar Field;
Global Gauge Invariance |
| 5 | April 10 |
Gauge Invariance in Quantum Mechanics;
The Covariant Derivative |
| 6 | April 12 |
Non-Abelian Gauge Theories;
Strong Isospin |
| 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) |
| 12 | May 3 |
Neutrino Oscillations and Masses
(Randy Johnson, Guest Lecturer) |
| 13 | May 8 |
The Higgs Mechanism, part II
(Reza Jamei, Guest Lecturer) |
| 14 | May 10 |
Cross-Sections and Decay Rates, part I
(Dickson Goulart, Guest Lecturer) |
| 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) |
| 18 | May 24 | Production and Decay of a Higgs Boson |
| 19 | May 29 | Grand Unification |
| 20 | May 31 |
Supersymmetry
(Alex Kagan, Guest Lecturer) |
last modified May 5, 2001