Preflight #6: Due on April 10 (2 pm)

Homework #4: Due on April 12 (in class)

Homework #3: Due on March 31st (in class)

Preflight #5: Due on March 1st (2:30 pm)

Homework #2: Due on Feb. 22 (in class)

Preflight #4: Due on Feb. 13, 2pm

Preflight #3: Due on Feb. 10, 2pm

Homework #1: Due on Feb. 08 (in class)

Preflight #2

Preflight #1

Griffiths, David J. Introduction to Elementary Particles. New York: Wiley, 1987.

Halzen, Francis and Martin, Alan Douglas. Quarks and Leptons: An Introductory Course in Modern Physics. New York: Wiley, 1984.

Quigg, Chris. Gauge Theories of the Strong, Weak, and Electromagnetic Interactions. Reading, MA: Benjamin/Cummings, 1983.

Useful links :

• Tables of Particle Properties
• Publications in elementary particle physics (mostly research)
• Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)
• CERN

Boehm, Manfred, Denner, Ansgar and Joos, Manfred. Gauge Theories of the Strong and Electroweak Interaction. B.G. Teubner Stuttgart, 2001.

Ellis, R. K. QCD and Collider Physics. Cambridge University Press, 1996.

Feynman, Richard Phillips and Weinberg, Steven. Elementary Particles and the Laws of Physics: The 1986 Dirac Memorial Lectures. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1987.

Gell-Mann, Murray and Ne'eman, Yuval. The Eightfold Way. New York: W.A. Benjamin, 1964. 317 p.

Georgi, Howard. Lie Algebras in Particle Physics: From Isospin to Unified Theories. Reading, MA: Benjamin/Cummings, 1982.

Georgi, Howard. Weak Interactions and Modern Particle Theory. Menlo Park, CA: Benjamin/Cummings, 1984.

Greiner, Walter and Müller, Berndt. Gauge Theory of Weak Interactions, 2nd ed. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1996. 395 p.

Kane, Gordon L. Modern Elementary Particle Physics: The Fundamental Particles and Forces?, updated ed. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1993. 352 p.

Lederman, Leon M. and Teresi, Dick. The God Particle: If the Universe is the Answer, What is the Question? Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. 434 p.

Lederman, L.M. and Schramm, D.N. From Quarks to the Cosmos: Tools of Discovery, 2nd ed. New York: Scientific American Library, 1995. 242 p.

Nachtmann, Otto. Elementary Particle Physics: Concepts and Phenomena. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1990. 559 p.

Okun, Lev Borisovich. Particle Physics: The Quest for the Substance of Substance. Chur, Switzerland: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1985. 223 p.

Okun, Lev Borisovich. Leptons and Quarks. Amsterdam, Netherlands: North-Holland, 1982.

Pais, Abraham. Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1986. History of Particle physics.

Perkins, Donald H. Introduction to High Energy Physics, 3rd ed. Menlo Park, CA: Addison-Wesley, 1987.

Peskin, Michael Edward and Schroeder, Daniel V. An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory. Redwood City, CA: Addison-Wesley, 1995.

Sakurai, Jun John. Invariance Principles and Elementary Particles. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1964.

`t Hooft, Gerard. In Search of the Ultimate Building Blocks. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997. 191 p.

`t Hooft, Gerard et al. (Eds.). Recent Developments in Gauge Theories. New York: Plenum Press, 1980, 438 p.

Weinberg, Steven. The Discovery of Subatomic Particles. New York: Scientific American Books, 1983.

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