http://lamar.colostate.edu/~wilson/teaching/PH561/ph561-syllabus.html
This course is intended for first or second year graduate students (others also welcome) who wish to become familiar with the terminology and fundamental concepts of elementary particle physics. Well-prepared undergraduates may also take the course, but should consult with the instructor first.
Mathematical rigor will be sacrificed to breadth of scope. We will cover not only the major theoretical ideas (e.g. the quark model and quantum symmetries) but also the discoveries that lead to their development or confirmation (e.g. the observation of Rutherford scattering at 109 eV), and what lies ahead. Our discussion will include the experimental techniques used to make the measurements (e.g. particle accelerators, “drift chambers” and magnetic spectrometers).
Introduction to High Energy Physics 4th. Ed.:
Author: D. H. Perkins
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Detectors for Particle Radiation: K.Kleinknecht
Techniques for Nuclear and Particle Physics Experiments: W.R.Leo
Experimental Techniques in High Energy Physics: T. Ferbel
QED: R.Feynman
The Theory of Fundamental Processes: R.Feynman
Quarks and Leptons: F.Halzen and A.Martin
Statistics for Nuclear and Particle Physicists: Louis Lyons
The Second Creation: R.Crease and C.Mann
Experimental Foundations of Particle Physics: R.Cahn & G.Goldhaber
Particle Physics - One Hundred Years of Discoveries (Annotated Bibliography): AIP Press
Historical overview.
Experimental methods: Particle detectors and accelerators.
Basic concepts: Cross-sections, units, decay rates.
Discovery and properties of leptons.
Discovery and properties of hadrons.
Cosmic rays.
Invariance principles and conservation laws.
Hadron-Hadron interactions.
Static quark model; Quark-quark interactions - Quantum Chromodynamics
Electromagnetic interactions.
Weak interactions
Force Unification.
Future facilities: Linear Collider, Underground proton decay and neutrino observatory (UNO)
Connections to cosmology.
10% Lecture participation
25% Homework assignments
25% 1 written exam ~mid-term
25% 1 term paper (~10 pages)
15% 1 oral final exam
Collaboration can be a great way to learn, and is the foundation of modern
experimental high energy physics. The experiments are complex both in the
physics goals and the technical requirements; they need the combined efforts of
many talented people with a variety of backgrounds and expertise. In this
course I want to encourage collaboration in class and outside of class. To that
end, collaboration on assignments is OKAY. The only requirement is that
whatever you hand in represents what understand and could reproduce on your own
if asked.
So I can get a feeling for burgeoning collaborations, please indicate on your
assignment who you collaborated with. I would also like to provide an incentive
for people to help other people: If you feel that someone gave you
particularly good assistance, please indicate that on your assignment too.
Those people will be rewarded!
So on the top of each assignment please write something like:
PH561 Assignment #1
Your_name
Date_handed_in
Collaborators: Jim Cronin, Martin Perl (write None if
there weren't, that okay too.)
Special Help: Charlie Brown