Physics 226 : Particle Physics Phenomenology
Fall 2001 Syllabus
Lecture 1 : Introduction to the Standard Model (1)
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The matter fields : quarks and leptons
The gauge fields : photon, W, Z, gluons
Open questions :
Unification : couplings, masses
Origin of CP violation
Origin of Mass : Higgs sector
Neutrino mass
Lecture 2 : Introduction to the SM (2) & Accelerators (1)
Discovery history of quarks, leptons, and gauge bosons : see one of hand-outs
Accelerator principle
Scatting Expriment, Creating particles
fixed target vs collider
Lecture 3-4 : Accelrators (2) & Detectors
Accelerator
basic concept
history
lepton collider vs hadron collider
Dectors
Interaction of particles with matter
Detection of charged particles
Calorimetry
Particle Identification
Lecture 5-7 : Global Symmetries
Noether's Theorem
Introductory comments on C, P, and CP
Introduction to Isospin : the proton and neutron
Introduction to Strangeness : Kaons
Flavor SU(3) and the Quark model
The need for Color SU(3)
Lectures 8-9 : The Structure of the Nucleon
Discovery of scaling
Measuring the charge and spin of the quarks
The antiquark content of the nucleon
Structure functions
Scaling violations and the need for QCD
Drell-Yan production in hadron collisions
Lecture 10-13 : Strong Interactions
e+e- -> e+e-, mu+mu-, tau+tau-
e+e- -> q q-bar, q q-bar + gluon bremmstrahlung
Hadronization (Fragmentation)
Quarkonium
Scaling Violations revisited
p p-bar and p p collisions
Lecture 14-20 : Weak Interactions
Parity Non-Conservation and V-A Weak Interactions
Weak Decays (muon, pion, lambda)
The CKM Matrix
Decays of Heavy Quarks
Neutral Currents
The Kaon System
Modern Electroweak Theory
Lecture 21-26 : Particle Physics Today
Physics at Hadron Colliders : The Energy Frontier
Physics at High Energy Lepton Colliders
Physics at B factories : Unitary Triangle and CP Violation
Neutrino Physics : Mass and Mixing
Lecture 27-29 : The Future - Beyond the Standard Model
Electroweak Symmetry Breaking
SuperSymmetry
Grand Unification
Where are we heading ?
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