Format: Two interactive lectures per week (student participation strongly encouraged), weekly homework assignments, one discussion section per week
Instructor: Professor Dmitry Budker
Office: 273 Birge, Labs: 203/207, 217, 219, 221, 230, 241, 245, 249, 269 BirgeProfessor's Office hour: by appointment (send e-mail to setup), 273 Birge
GSI: Byung Kyu (Andrew) Park; office hours: Wednesdays and Thursdays 2-3 in 465 Birge
Synopsis and goals of the course:We
will discuss the elementary particles and
interactions
that appear in the Standard Model, and the ways we study them. An
overview of
experimental techniques (accelerators, cosmic rays,
detectors,
...) and
the basic theoretical tools such as Feynman diagrams will be reviewed.
Time
permitting, we will also touch upon such topics as elementary nuclear
physics,
and particle-physics experiments on a table top. Common-sense
estimates,
the method of dimensions, and various approximate techniques will be
emphasized
as opposed to formal calculations.
Required text: Introduction to Elementary Particles by David Griffiths
Recommended texts:
Invaluable resource: questions on organizational aspects of the course may be directed to Ms. Claudia Trujillo of Physics Student Services
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