Physics 528: Elementary Particle Physics


Syllabus


General Information

Lectures:
TRIUMF
Main Office Building 220
Tue+Thu, 9:30-11:00am
Jan.3-Apr.4, 2019
Remote connection to be set up
 
Instructor:
David Morrissey
TRIUMF, MOB 129
(604) 222-7697
dmorri_att_triumf.ca
 
Teaching Assistant:
Ryley Hill
ryleyhill_att_phas.ubc.ca
 
 
Office Hours:
TRIUMF MOB 229
(email me to make an appointment)
 

Outline


Prerequisites


Grading Scheme



Course Notes

  1. Notation and Background
  2. Review of QFT
  3. Calculating Stuff
  4. Symmetries
  5. Non-Abelian Gauge Theories
  6. Symmetry Breaking
  7. The Standard Model
  8. Testing the SM
  9. QFT Tools
  10. QCD at Low Energies
  11. QCD at High Energies
  12. Collider Physics
  13. Beyond the SM


Homework Assignments

  1. Background and Notation (not due)
  2. QFT Stuff (Jan.17)
  3. Calculating (Jan.29)
  4. Symmetries (Feb.5)
  5. Non-Abelian Vectors (Feb.14)
  6. Symmetry Breaking (Feb.28)
  7. Standard Model I (Mar.7)
  8. Standard Model II (Mar.14)
  9. Renormalization (Mar.21)
  10. Fun with Pions (Mar.28)


Final Project

Topics and Details


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