8.701 - Introduction to Nuclear & Particle PhysicsFall 2013

Course Administrator: Prof. Frank Wilczek
Lectures: TR 1:30-3:00 in 26-414

Announcements:

Dec 5, 2013 - Posted Origins of mass and Higgs particle .

Dec 5, 2013 - Posted List of Ten

Dec 3, 2013 - Posted Study #3 - Higgs Sector Enrichment .

Nov 26, 2013 - Posted Possible Form of Non-minimal Higgs Couplings

Nov 25, 2013 - Posted Fermion Masses and Mixings and Grand Normalization Theorem .

Nov 21, 2013 - Posted Higgs Multiplet Potential

Nov 19, 2013 - Posted Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking: General and Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking: Electroweak .

Nov 15, 2013 - Posted Majorana-ism .

Nov 7, 2013 - Posted Non-Abelian Construction .

Nov 5, 2013 - Posted Gauge Structure: Local Constructions and a Look Beyond .

Oct 31, 2013 - Posted Study #2 - Oscillations: K Mesons and Neutrino . The answers to Study 2 are due on Friday, Nov. 8.

Oct 30, 2013 - Posted Additional Reference for Study 1 .

Oct 23, 2013 - Posted Psets turned in thus far and Problems 4 - 6 for Study #1: Feynman Graph Calculations and Deep Inelastic Scattering .

Oct 17, 2013 - Guest Lecturer Joshua Spitz will be speaking:

"Josh grew up in Denver, Colorado, and graduated summa cum laude in physics (with a double major in astronomy) from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He recently completed his Ph.D. dissertation with Prof. Bonnie Fleming at Yale University. Currently, Josh is involved in carefully measuring the properties of the neutrino, one of nature's fundamental particles, and trying to understand the role of the neutrino in the evolution of the universe." from The Disappearing Neutrino? By Dr. Joshua Spitz
MIT Tech TV: http://ttv.mit.edu/tags/11177-disappearing/videos/19793-the-disappearing-neutrino-by-dr-joshua-spitz

Oct 10, 2013 - Posted Problems 1 - 2 for Study #1: Feynman Graph Calculations and Deep Inelastic
Scattering
.

Oct 07, 2013 - Added Survey of Electroweak Interactions on Lecture Notes Page.

Sep 30, 2013 - NOTE - No class on Tuesday, October 1st. Added Survey on Strong Interactions on Lecture Notes page.

Sep 25, 2013 - Added Neutron-Antineutron Eigenstates and Time to the Lecture Notes page.

Sep 24, 2013 - Additional lecture notes have been added to the Lecture Notes page as well as the Supplementary Reading Guide.

Required Textbooks and Course Packets:

Title: Introduction to Elementary Particles (2nd Edition)
Author: David Griffiths
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Year Published: 2008
Price: $110.00
ISBN Number: 978-3-527-40601-2
ISBN Verified: Yes
Reserve in Library: Yes
Entered Manually: No

Recommended Textbooks and Course Packets:

Title: Gauge Theory of Elementary Particle Physics
Author: Ta-Pei Cheng; Ling-Fong Li
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Year Published: 1988
Price: $99.95
ISBN Number: 978-0-19-851961-4
ISBN Verified: Yes
Reserve in Library: Yes
Entered Manually: No

E-Reserves and Library-Only Materials:

Title: Gauge Theory of Elementary Particle Physics: Problems and Solutions
Author: Ta-Pei Cheng; Ling-Fong Li
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Year Published: 2000
Price: $95.00
ISBN Number: 978-0-19-850621-8
ISBN Verified: Yes
Reserve in Library: Yes
Entered Manually: No