PHYS 575 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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| Week | Date | Lectures | Homework | Readings |
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| 1 |
Monday
1/25/2021 |
Intro to group theory; reps of Lorentz group |
HW #1 (solutions) | Schwartz 2.1, 10.1 Peskin 2.1, 2.4 |
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Wednesday
1/27/2021 |
Reps of Poincaré group |
Larkoski 3.4 |
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| 2 |
Monday
2/1/2021 |
Classification of particles by mass and spin; unitary reps and Lagrangians |
HW #1 due in class HW #2 (solutions) |
Larkoski 3.3.2 Coleman 3.2 |
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Wednesday
2/3/2021 |
Scalar Lagrangians with U(1) and SU(2) symmetries |
Schwartz 8.1, Larkoski 2.2 Coleman 6.1 |
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| 3 |
Monday
2/8/2021 |
Spin-1 Lagrangians and gauge invariance |
HW #2 due in class HW #3 (solutions) |
Schwartz 8.2-8.3 |
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Wednesday
2/10/2021 |
Non-abelian gauge Lagrangians; Spin-1/2 Lagrangians |
Schwartz 25.1, Ch. 10 Coleman Ch. 19 |
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| 4 |
Monday
2/15/2021 |
Writing down the Standard Model |
Schwartz 29.3 |
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Wednesday
2/17/2021 |
No Class | |||
| 5 |
Monday
2/22/2021 |
Peskin Ch. 6, 7.1-7.3 |
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Wednesday
2/24/2021 |
QED Lagrangian and classical spinor solutions |
Schwartz 11.1-11.2, 13.1 |
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| 6 |
Monday
3/1/2021 |
Feynman rules for quantum electrodynamics, e+ e- → μ+ μ- cross section |
HW #3 due in class |
Schwartz Ch. 5, 8.4, 13.2-13.6 Peskin Ch. 8 |
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Wednesday
3/3/2021 |
e+ e- → μ+ μ- cross section: angular momentum properties |
Peskin 8.3 |
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| 7 |
Monday
3/8/2021 |
Electron anomalous magnetic moment |
HW #5 (solutions)
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Schwartz Ch. 17 |
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Wednesday
3/10/2021 |
e+ e- → μ+ μ- γ; soft and collinear singularities |
HW #4 due in class |
Schwartz Ch. 20.1.2, 20.2, 20.3.2 Peskin 10.2 |
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| 8 |
Monday
3/15/2021 |
QED with quarks: deep inelastic scattering |
HW #6 (solutions)
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Bjorken scaling observed at HERA Schwartz 32.1 Peskin Ch. 9 |
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Wednesday
3/17/2021 |
QED with quarks: e+ e- → anything, resonances |
HW #5 due in class |
Cross section and R ratio Jet angular distribution at ALEPH Schwartz 26.3.1 Larkoski 6.2; Peskin 5.2, 7.4 |
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| 9 |
Monday
3/22/2021 |
Quantum chromodynamics: gluons and asymptotic freedom |
Running of the strong coupling Schwartz 25.1, 26.1, 26.3 Larkoski 7.3, Ch. 8; Peskin Ch. 10-11 |
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Wednesday
3/24/2021 |
No Class | |||
| 10 |
Monday
3/29/2021 |
Jets in QCD |
Schwartz 32.3 Larkoski Ch. 9 |
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Wednesday
3/31/2021 |
Discovery of the top quark |
Discovery of the top at CDF Peskin Ch. 13 |
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| 11 |
Monday
4/5/2021 |
The strong interaction at low energies: the chiral Lagrangian, pions, and Goldstone's theorem |
HW #6 due in class HW #7 (solutions) |
Schwartz Ch. 28.1-28.2 |
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Wednesday
4/7/2021 |
SPECIAL SEMINAR: Muon g-2 announcement |
Review Schwartz Ch. 17 |
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| Friday 4/9/2021 |
NOTE SPECIAL CLASS DAY/TIME! |
Schwartz 28.3 Peskin 16.1 |
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| 12 |
Monday
4/12/2021 |
The Higgs mechanism in the Standard Model |
HW #8 (solutions) |
Schwartz 29.1-29.2 Peskin 16.2-16.3 |
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Wednesday
4/14/2021 |
Three generations: the CKM and PMNS matrices and Feynman rules for electroweak interactions |
HW #7 due in class |
Schwartz 29.3 Larkoski 12.1-12.2 |
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| 13 |
Monday
4/19/2021 |
Basic electroweak processes; neutrino oscillations |
HW #8 due in class |
Neutrino oscillations at KamLAND |
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Wednesday
4/21/2021 |
Discovery of the W, Z, and Higgs |
Z boson lineshape Larkoski Ch. 13 Peskin Ch. 17, Ch. 21 |
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| 14 |
Monday
4/26/2021 |
P and CP violation |
Neutrino DIS distributions at CDHS |
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Wednesday
4/28/2021 |
The weak interaction at low energies: 4-fermi theory and weak decays |
Schwartz 29.4 Peskin Ch. 15, Larkoski Ch. 10 |
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| 15 |
Monday
5/3/2021 |
Beyond the Standard Model: SMEFT |
Schwartz Ch. 22 |
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Wednesday
5/5/2021 |
Beyond the Standard Model: dark matter |
HW #9 due in class |
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| 16 |
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NO CLASS: FINALS WEEK |
Take-home final due 5pm |
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