8.701 - Introduction to Nuclear & Particle PhysicsFall 2013
Course Administrator: Prof. Frank Wilczek
Lectures: TR 1:30-3:00 in 26-414
lecture notes:
Lecture notes will be posted here throughout the semester.
Topics for Physics 8.701
- History of Particle Physics
- Units and Magnitude
- Survey of Particles and Conservation Laws
- More PoincareParticle Survey
- Neutron-Antineutron Eigenstates and Time
- Survey of Strong Interactions
- Survey of Electroweak Interactions
- Problems 1 - 2 for Study #1: Feynman Graph Calculations and Deep Inelastic
Scattering - Problem 4 - 6 for Study #1: Feynman Graph Calculations and Deep Inelastic
Scattering - Additional Reference for Study 1
- Study #2 - Oscillations: K Mesons and Neutrino
- Gauge Structure: Local Constructions and a Look Beyond
- Non-Abelian Construction
- Majorana-ism
- Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking: Electroweak
- Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking: General
- Higgs Multiplet Potential
- List of Ten