Note: This schedule will evolve throughout the semster. Therefore, be aware that important content might change over time.

Date Lecture Readings Homework
Mon Jan 16 MLK Day (NO LECTURE)    
Wed Jan 18 Lecture 1: Introduction Griffiths Intro and Ch.1  
Mon Jan 23 Lecture 2: Fundamental Matter Particles: Leptons Griffiths Ch. 1  
Wed Jan 25 Lecture 3: Fundamental Matter Particles: Quarks Griffiths Ch. 1 Homework 1 (Due Feb 01) 
Mon Jan 30 Lecture 4: Relativistic Kinematics Griffiths Ch. 3, PHYS 325 Relativity Lectures (Sp10)  
Wed Feb 01 Lecture 5: Interactions and Feynmann Diagrams: QED & QCD Griffiths Ch. 2 Homework 2 (Due Feb 08) 
Mon Feb 06 Lecture 6: Interactions and Feynman Diagrams: Weak Interactions Griffiths Ch. 2  
Wed Feb 08 Lecture 7: Symmetries and Conservation Laws: Groups Griffiths Ch. 4 Homework 3 (Due Feb 15) 
Mon Feb 13 Lecture 8: Symmetries and Conservation Laws: Spinors Griffiths Ch. 4  
Wed Feb 15 Lecture 9: Symmetries and Conservation Laws: Flavor Griffiths Ch. 4 Homework 4 (Due Feb 22)
Mon Feb 20 Lecture 10: Symmetries and Conservation Laws: Discrete Symmetries (Parity, C, G-parity) Griffiths Ch. 4  
Wed Feb 22 Lecture 11: Symmetries and Conservation Laws: Discrete Symmetries (CP, T, and CPT) Griffiths Ch. 4 Homework 5 (Due Mar 01)
Mon Feb 27 Lecture 12: Building Hadrons from Quarks: SU(2) Symmetry Griffiths Ch. 5.5-5.6  
Wed Mar 01 Lecture 13: Building Hadrons from Quarks: SU(3) Symmetry Griffiths Ch. 5.5-5.6 Homework 6 (Due Mar 08) 
Mon Mar 06 Lecture 14: Feynman Calculus, Decays, and Scattering: Decay Rates and Golden Rule Griffiths Ch. 6.1.1, 6.2 Sample Midterm Exam, 
Wed Mar 08 Midterm Exam; 9:30 am - 10:50 am; 136 Loomis Laboratory Solutions   Midterm Exam, 
Mon Mar 13 NO LECTURE: SPRING BREAK    
Wed Mar 15 NO LECTURE: SPRING BREAK    
Mon Mar 20 Lecture 15: Feynman Calculus, Decays, and Scattering: Cross Sections Griffiths Ch. 6.1.2  
Wed Mar 22 Lecture 16: Feynmans Rules and the Dirac Equation Griffiths Ch. 6.3, 7.1 Homework 7 (Due Mar 29) 
Mon Mar 27 Lecture 17: Solutions to the Dirac Equation Griffiths Ch. 7.2  
Wed Mar 29 Lecture 18: Bilinear Covariants, Parity, and the Photon Griffiths: Ch. 7.3, 7.4 Homework 8 (Due Apr 05) 
Mon Apr 03 Lecture 19: Feynman Rules for QED Griffiths Ch. 7.5, 7.6  
Wed Apr 05 Lecture 20: Casimir's Trick, Trace Theorems, and Cross Sections in QED Griffiths Ch. 7.7, 7.8 Homework 9 (Due Apr 12) 
Mon Apr 10 Lecture 21: Electromagnetic Interactions with Leptons and Hadrons Griffiths Ch. 8.1, 8.2  
Wed Apr 12 Lecture 22: Feynman Rules for QCD and Color Factors Griffiths Ch. 8.3, 8.4 Homework 10 (Due Apr 26) 
Mon Apr 17 NO LECTURE (APS April Meeting)    
Wed Apr 19 Lecture 23: Charged Weak Interactions of Leptons and Quarks Griffiths Ch. 9.1, 9.2, 9.5  
Mon Apr 24 Lecture 24: Neutral Currents, Electroweak Unification, and Chiral Fermions Griffiths Ch. 9.4, 9.6, 9.7  
Wed Apr 26 Lecture 25: Weak Currents and Hypercharge in GSW Theory; Lagrangians in Relativistic Field Theory Griffiths Ch. 9.7, 10.1, 10.2 Homework 11 (Due May 03) 
Mon May 01 Lecture 26: Local Gauge Invariance, EWSB, and the Higgs Mechanism Griffiths Ch. 10.3, 10.7-9  
Wed May 03 Lecture 27: Beyond the Standard Model Griffiths Ch. 11 & 12  
Thu May 04 Reading Day    
Fri May 05 Final Exam; 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm in 136 Loomis Laboratory