PHYS 470 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Course Description

The nature and properties of nuclei and elementary particles, symmetries, interactions, nuclear models, tools and techniques of experimental subatomic physics, and applications to power generation, astrophysics, chemistry, medicine, and biology. Course Information: 4 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: PHYS 485 or PHYS 486.

Syllabus

Introduction
Special Relativity
Decay rates and cross sections
Dirac Equation
Symmetries (Spin, Isospin, C,P,T,...)
QED
From Quarks to Hadrons
ElectroWeak Interactions
The Standard Model
Neutrino Oscillations
Higgs physics

Textboook

M. Thomson, Modern Particle Physics

Supplemental Texts

D. Griffiths, Introduction to Elementary Particles (2^nd revised edition) recommended
D.H. Perkins, Introduction to High Energy Physics (3^rd edition)
Henley and Garcia, Subatomic Physics
B. Povh, Particles and Nuclei (6^th edition)