Spring 2017 - PHYS 871 G100
Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics (3)
Class Number: 5163
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 4 – Apr 7, 2017: Mon, Wed, Fri, 12:30–1:20 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Andrew Debenedictis
adebened@sfu.ca
1 778 782-4369
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Prerequisites:
Recommended corequisite: PHYS 812.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Elementary particle phenomenology; classification of particles, forces, conservation laws, relativistic scattering theory, electromagnetic interactions of leptons and hadrons, weak interactions, gauge theories, strong interactions.
COURSE DETAILS:
Topics:
• Relativistic Kinematics
• Overview of Relativistic Quantum Mechanics and Classical Field Theories.
• Introduction to Feynman Diagrams and Reaction Amplitudes.
• Interactions and Quantum Electrodynamics.
• Symmetries, Groups and Conservation Laws. The Gauge Principle.
• SU(2) × U(1)Y Electroweak Theory and the Higgs Mechanism.
• SU(3)color and the Quark model of hadrons.
• Deep Inelastic Scattering: The Structure of the Nucleon.
• Neutrino Physics
• Experimental Concepts
• Recent results and progress in the field.
Grading
- TBA
Materials
MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:
Recommended Texts:
Intro To Elementary Particles
Griffiths
ISBN: 9783527406012
Modern Particla Physics
Thomson
ISBN:9781107034266
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