PHY521 - Elementary Particle Physics
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Week of April 24: Mini-workshop on Selected Topics in
Particle Physics. Please see the program for more details.
April 11: Trip to Ithaca (Cornell University) to visit the CESR/CLEO experiment. Have a look at some pictures
of our trip (courtesy of Fatih).
On Wednesday, April 12, there will be a 30 min. in-class quiz.
In the week of April 16 we can look forward to a special treat:
3 lectures on Experimental High Energy Physics by Prof. Kharchilava
Times and Location:
MWF 4:00-4:50 pm, 219 Fronczak
Instructor:
Dr. Doreen Wackeroth, dow@ubpheno.physics.buffalo.edu
Topics:
Fundamental forces and particles, particle
accelerators and detectors, symmetries, electromagnetic interaction,
Dirac equation, QED, Feynman graphs, strong interaction, quark model,
QCD, parton model, deep inelastic scattering, weak interaction,
Weinberg-Salam model and spontaneous symmetry breaking, gauge
theories, the Standard Model of particle physics, open problems and
new ideas (e.g., supersymmetry, extra dimensions).
Required:
Non-relativistic quantum mechanics, special relativity
Remarks:
On average once a week there will be so-called
"preflights", i.e.
your thoughts to a given topic sent to me via E-mail,
which will help you to prepare for the lecture.
This may require some pre-lecture reading. The homework assignments
consist of problems which will deepen your understanding and/or
improve your calculational skills. Problems will be discussed during class.
The course provides an introduction to elementary particle physics and
is suitable for incoming graduate students.
Bi-weekly homework assignments. Term paper with presentation and one quiz at the end of the semester.
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I am looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday, January 18, 2006, to start the "particle adventure".
General Information and Deadlines
Term paper topics (preliminary titles and assignments) and Guidelines
1. and 2. Lecture, 01/18 and 1/20
3. Lectures, 01/23: Colloquium by Dr.Karl Ecklund: "From contemplating beauty to fascination with charm".
4. and 5. Lecture, 01/25 and 01/27
6. and 7. Lecture, 01/30 and 02/01
Here is an excerpt of an article by Wolfgang Pauli,
which gives a historical
discription of the postulation of the neutrino, including a translation of
Pauli's letter [taken from Cambridge Monogr. Part. Phys. Nucl. Phys. Cosmol. 1, 1 (1991), Neutrino Physics, K. Winter (ed.)].
8. Lecture, 02/03: We review angular momentum addition, Clebsch Gorden coefficients, and discuss the consequences of strong isospin symmetry of the strong force on the example of proton-deuteron scattering.
9. Lecture, 02/06
An illustration of the production of elementary particles
by primary cosmic rays in the earth's atmosphere can be found
here.
Here is the cosmic ray spectrum.
A picture of the tracks of so-called V-particles (neutral K-mesons and Lambda-hyperons) as
they appear in a cloud chamber exposed to cosmic rays.
10. and 11. Lecture, 02/08 and 02/10
12. and 13. Lecture, 02/13 and 02/15
14. and 15. Lecture, 02/17 and 02/20: We dicussed the symmetry groups SU(2) of the strong isopsin and flavor-SU(3) and the "eightfold way".
16. and 17. Lecture, 02/22 and 02/24
19. and 20. Lecture, 03/01 and 03/03
An article by Fred Gilman about the "1974 November Revolution".
22. Lecture, 03/08: a brief review of special relativity
31. Lecture, 04/12: Quiz and discussion of the solution.
32. Lecture, 04/14
In the week of April 16 we can look forward to a special treat:
3 lectures on Experimental High Energy Physics by Prof. Kharchilava
Week of April 24: Mini-workshop on Selected Topics in
Particle Physics.
Last update: April 13, 2006
