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Schedule

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Here is a tentative course schedule (under construction):

The reading assignments are relevant for the Checkpoints, which are due before the Monday lecture.

T in the reading assignments refers to Thomson (Modern Particle Physics), G to Griffiths and L refers to the Lecture notes.


Week Date Topic Reading Checkpoint Homework
1 22 Jan Introduction L Ch. I
T Ch. 1
G. Ch. 1
 no CP no HW
2 27 Jan
29 Jan
 Units, scales, particle overview
Fundamental interactions and Feynman diagrams 		L Ch. I
T Ch. 1, 2
G Ch. 1
 CP 1
Solutions
 no HW
3
03 Feb
05 Feb
 QCD, Weak Interactions, Lifetimes
Relativistic Kinematics		 L Ch. II
T 2.2
G 2.5, 3
 CP 2
Solutions
 HW 1
Solutions
4
10 Feb
12 Feb
 Fermi's Golden Rule
Decay rates and cross sections		 L Ch. III
T Ch. 3
G Ch. 6.1-2		 CP 3
Solutions
 HW 2
Solutions
5
17 Feb
19 Feb
 The Dirac Equation T Ch. 4.1-7
G Ch. 7.1-2
 CP 4
Solutions 		HW 3
Solutions
6
24 Feb
26 Feb
 Solutions of the Dirac Equation
Helicity, Feynman diagrams revisited 		T Ch. 4.6-4.8, 5.2-5.4
G Ch. 7.4
 CP 5
Solutions 		HW 4
Solutions
7
02 Mar
04 Mar
 Introduction to QED
 T Ch. 5-6
G Ch. 7.5
 CP 6
Solutions
 HW 5
Solutions
8
 09 Mar
11 Mar
 QED processes
Midterm exam 		T Ch. 1-6
G Ch. 1-3,6,7
 no CP
 no HW
9
16 Mar
18 Mar
Springbreak
10
23 Mar
25 Mar
 Electron-positron annihilation
Chirality and helicity in QED		 T Ch. 6-7
G Ch. 7-8		 CP 7
Solutions
 HW 6
Solutions
11
30 Mar
01 Apr
 Electron-proton scattering, board notes
Relativistic electron-proton scattering, board notes		 T Ch. 8
G Ch. 8		 CP 8
Solutions
 HW 7
Solutions
12
06 Apr
08 Apr
 Inelastic ep scattering, board notes
Deep Inelastic Scattering, board notes		 T Ch. 8
G Ch. 8		 CP 9
Solutions
 HW 8
Solutions
13
13 Apr
15 Apr
 The quark-parton model, board notes
Introduction to QCD, board notes		 T Ch. 8.4-5, 10.1-2
G Ch. 8.1-3
 CP 10
Solutions
 HW 9
Solutions
14
 20 Apr
22 Apr
 QCD, board notes
proton-proton collisions, board notes		 T Ch. 10
G Ch. 8
 CP 11
Solutions		 HW 10
Solutions
15
27 Apr
29 Apr
 Symmetries
Isospin		 L Ch. IV Ch. V
T Ch. 9
G Ch.4-5
 CP 12
Solutions
 HW 11
Solutions
16
04 May
06 May
 C,P, Isospin
Flavor wave functions		 L Ch. V
T Ch. 9
G Ch. 5		 CP 13
Solutions 		HW 12
Solutions
17
08 May
11 May
12 May
 Final exam: Tuesday, 12 May 2020, 8:00am-11:00am US CDT Practice Problems
Solutions