Bf.23 Particle Physics II (Spring)
Pensum A largely classically based discussion of gauge theories in particle physics.
1. Lorentz transformations.
2. Lagrangian mechanics.
3. Maxwell's equations.
4. The free Klein-Gordon and Dirac equations.
5. QED.
6. Weak interaction phenomenolgy.
7. Symmetry breaking and the Higgs' mechanism..
8. Weinberg-Salam model for leptons.
9. Weinberg-Salam model for quarks.
Text book
W.N. Cottingham and D.A. Greewood: "An Introduction to the Standard Model of Particle Physics".
Evaluation
Pass/fail
Lecturer
Geoff Oades
Points/ECTS-credits
1/5