PHYSICS 813 Particle Physics II SPRING 2003
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Announcements:
Make-up class is scheduled on Monday March 3, 1:00-2:00 pm.
Title : Z Boson Decay
Detector : SLC Large Detector
Picture from Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Overview
PHYSICS 813 is an advanced course in elementary particle
physics. The course covers the structure and dynamics of the Standard Model,
including the underlying symmetries of the theory. Emphasis will be placed
on phenomenology. Special topics include precision tests of the theory, CP
violation, and the recent discovery of neutrino mass.
PREREQUISITES: PHYS 714 [Introduction to High Energy Physics]
OR PHYS 811 [Quantum Field Theory]
Instructor
- Stéphane Willocq Office: LGRT 1042, Phone: 545-0525, email: willocq@physics.umass.edu
Office hours:
*** subject to change ***
Mo 1:30 - 3:00 pmTu 3:30 - 5:00 pmWe 2:00 - 4:00 pm
or by appointment
Classes
- Lecture: Tu/Th 9:30 - 10:45 (LGRT 1033)
Homework
- Generally assigned on Thursday during the lecture
- Due in class one week after it is assigned
Grade
- 70% homework
- 30% presentation
Useful references
Lecture notes
will be provided. There is no single textbook that covers all the course
material. However, there are a series of excellent reference texts covering
some of the specific course topics:
- Introductory Texts on Particle Physics:
- "Introduction to Elementary Particles"
- "Quarks and Leptons: An Introductory Course in Modern Particle Physics"
- "An Introduction to the Standard Model of Particle Physics "
- Standard Model and Gauge Theories:
- "An Introduction to Gauge Theories, and Modern Particle Physics
"
by E.Leader and E.Predazzi -- Cambridge University Press (1996)
- "Dynamics of the Standard Model"
- "Gauge Theories in Particle Physics"
- "Gauge Theories"
- "The Electroweak Theory"
- Quantum Field Theory:
- "Introduction to Quantum Field Theory"
- CP Violation:
- "CP Violation"
- "CP Violation"
- "CP Violation - A New Era"
- "CP Violation In and Beyond the Standard Model"
- Neutrinos:
- "Neutrino Physics"
- "Neutrino Mass, Mixing, and Flavor Change"
- "Massive Neutrinos and Neutrino Oscillations"
by D.Griffiths -- John Wiley & Sons (1987)
by F.Halzen and A.D.Martin -- John Wiley & Sons (1984)
by W.N.Cottingham and D.A.Greenwood -- Cambridge University Press (1998)
by J.F.Donoghue, E.Golowich, B.R.Holstein -- Cambridge University Press (1992)
by I.J.R.Aitchison and A.J.G.Hey -- Adam Hilger (1989)
by E.S.Abers and B.W.Lee -- Phys. Rept. 9, 1 (1973)
by C.Quigg -- hep-ph/0204104 (2002)
by M.E.Peskin and D.V.Schroeder -- Perseus Books (1995)
by I.I.Bigi and A.I.Sanda -- Cambridge University Press (2000)
by G.C.Branco, L.Lavoura, J.P.Silva -- Oxford University Press (1999)
by Y.Nir -- hep-ph/0109090 (2001)
by Y.Nir -- hep-ph/9911321 (1999)
Ed. by K.Winter -- Cambridge University Press (2000)
by B.Kayser -- hep-ph/0211134 (2002)
by S.M.Bilenky and S.T.Petcov -- Rev. Mod. Phys. 59, 671 (1987)
Particle Physics Education and Information
The URL for this web page is http://people.umass.edu/willocq/phys813
Stéphane Willocq
Last updated: 26 March 2003