Schedule_mod2:  Physics 595 - Spring 2008

Introductory Particle and Nuclear Physics, R.H. Landau

Lec: MWF 11:00-11:50, Wngr 304; Rec (opt): TBA

Readings refer to sections in the text and should be read before lectures and studied afterwards. Problems are from text or handout.

Date Subject Reading Problems (due Mon)
Observing the Subatomic Zoo
31 March Intro, Units, Kinematics, cross section  Chap 1, 2.1-2.2 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 1.9 (rel & Nrel)
2 April Accelerators & Detectors Chaps 2 & 3 2.3, 2.5, 2.12, 2.26
4 April P & N Properties 5.1-5.4  
7 April ID = (mass, spin, moments) 5.5-5.9  2.20, 2.28, 5.22,
9 April Excited States & Resonances 5.10-5.13  5.33 (explain), 5.35
11* April EM Structure: e Scattering 6.1-6.6 6.7, 6.9
14* April e Scattering & Partons 6.7-6.10  6.10 [Croissiaux, (1965)]
Conservation Laws & Symmetry
16 April Imposing Order 7.1-7.3  7.5, 7.10, 7.12
 18 April Generalized Charge 7.4-7.6 7.7a
21 April l, mu, S, Y    7.14
23 April Angular Momentum & Isospin 8.1-8.4  8.3
25* April MIDTERM I EXAM    
28 April Isospin of Particles & Nuclei 8.5-8.7 8.6, 8.9 
30 April P & C 9.1-9.3 9.12, 9.13a, 
2 May T, CP, TCP 9.4-9.6   9.15 (explain), 9.21
5 May PC & Neutral Kaons 9.7-9.8 9.23, 9.29 
Interactions
7 May EM Interactions (10.1-10.2), 10.3-.6  10.15,
9 May Feynman Diagrams  10.6-10.11 10.26
12 May* Midterm II EXAM    
14 May  Quark Model 15.1-15.4 15.4, 15.19a
16 May Quark Model 15.6-15.9 15.20
19 May  Quark Model   14.1, 14.12
21 May Hadronic Interactions 14.1-14.4 14.16, 14.19
23 May Hadron Spectroscopy, Lattice QCD 14.5-14.10 14.34, 14.46
26 May Memorial Day Holiday    
28 May Weak Interactions 11.1-11.6 11.1, 11.12
30 May Weak Interactions, Gauge Theories* 11.7-11.14, 12* 11.22a, 11.46
2 June Electroweak Interactions* 13  
4 June Reports Presentation    
6 June Reports Presentation  

Final Project

Students are required to write and present a report on recent journal articles in the field of subatomic physics as their final assignment. The report must be 3 to 5 pages in length, typed, double-spaced and include references or footnotes pointing back to the articles that were read. The report is due 12 June.