Physics 582
Particle Physics II
Fall 2006
Prof. Lynne Orr
orr@pas.rochester.edu
B&L451, (585) 275-8528
Announcements:
Second homework assignment posted below.
Course summary:
This course is introduction to the Standard Model of Particle
Physics. We'll talk about the electromagnetic, weak, and strong
interactions, and how they fit together in the SM. We'll discuss what
it means that SU(3) X SU(2) X U(1) describes those interactions, that the
electroweak force breaks down to U(1) of electromagnetism, and what this
has to do with the Higgs boson. We will also talk about how it fits in
with past, present, and future experiments.
| Topic | Pages in notes (pdf) |
| 1. Introduction and Overview | Lecture sets 1 , 2 |
| The Standard Model and its limitations | 1.1-29 |
| Anatomy of a cross section | 1.30-44 |
| 2. Electromagnetic Interactions | Lecture sets 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 |
| Review of relativistic kinematics | 2.1-11 |
| Gauge invariance in classical E&M and nonrelativistic QM | 2.12-18 |
| Quick review of Klein-Gordon and Dirac equations | 2.26-36 |
| Dirac Lagrangian and Feynman rules for QED | 2.37-45 |
| Cross section for e+e- -> µ+µ- | 2.46-73 |
| 3. Weak Interactions and Electroweak Theory | Lecture sets 7 , 8 , 9 |
| Weak Interactions | 3.1 - 3.20 |
| GIM mechanism, CKM matrix, and CP violation | 3.21 - 3.30 |
| SU(2) × U(1) | 3.31 - 3.48 |
| Physics at the Z | 3.48 - 3.54 |
| Electroweak symmetry breaking | 4.1 - 4.18 |
| Physics of the Higgs Boson | 4.19 - 4.26 |
| EWSB beyond the SM | 4.27 - 4.29ff |
| Neutrinos | |
| 4. QCD | Lecture set 10 |
| Deep inelastic scattering and structure functions | |
| Hadron-hadron collisions | |
| Renormalization and asymptotic freedom |
D.H. Perkins, Introduction to High Energy Physics
R.N. Cahn and G. Goldhaber, The Experimental Foundations of Particle Physics
C. Quigg, Gauge Theories of the Strong, Weak, and EM Interactions
F. Halzen and A. Martin, Quarks and Leptons
M. Peskin and D. Schroeder, Introduction to Quantum Field Theory
V.D. Barger and R.J.N. Phillips, Collider Physics
I.J.R. Aitchison and A.J.G. Hey, Gauge Theories and Particle Physics
1. I will give several homework assignments during the semester. Collaboration is allowed and encouraged, but each student must do his or her own write-up.
2. There will be no exams, but near semester's end each student will give a brief presentation (~15 minutes) on a topic of current interest in particle physics.
HEP Labs, Experiments, and Detectors