Spring 2006 PY551 Syllabus: | ||
Week 1 | Historical Introduction |
EM and Strong Interactions |
Week 2 | Weak Interaction |
Relativistic Kinematics |
Week 3 | Relativistic Kinematics |
Accelerators |
Week 4 | Interaction with Matter |
Shower Processes |
Week 5 | Detectors | Detectors |
Week 6 | --- Monday Schedule --- | *** Exam 1 *** |
Week 7 | Symmetries: Isospin |
Symmetries: P,C,T |
Week 8 | --- Spring Break --- | --- Spring Break --- |
Week 9 | Bound States |
Bound States |
Week 10 | Lifetimes and Cross Section | Fermi's Golden Rule |
Week 11 | Dirac Equation | QED |
Week 12 | Quarks and Hadrons | Deep Inelastic Scattering |
Week 13 | Quark-Parton Model | QCD |
Week 14 | *** Exam 2 *** | Weak Interactions |
Week 15 | Weak Interactions | Electroweak Unification |
Week 16 | --- no week 16 this year! --- | --- class is over --- |
This syllabus represents an approximate flow of the course
and will be updated as the course proceeds. See the reading and handout list for more detailed information. |