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Weeks 2 and 3

The lectures for the weeks of Jan. 17 and 24 will cover the Dirac equation.

References

• Quarks and Leptons Halzen and Martin Chapter 5
• Introduction to Elementary Particles Griffiths Chapter 7 Sections 1, 2, 3
• Relativistic Quantum Mechanics Greiner Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  • Material from these chapters will be covered.

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Weeks 4 and 5

The lectures for the weeks of Feb 1 and 8 will cover the solutions to the Dirac equation, with an introduction to gauge theory (the introduction of the electromagnetic field).

References

• Quarks and Leptons Halzen and Martin Chapter 5
• Introduction to Elementary Particles Griffiths Chapter 7 Sections 1, 2, 3
• Relativistic Quantum Mechanics Greiner Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  • Material from these chapters will be covered.
• Gauge Theories of Strong, Weak and Electromagnetic Interactions Quigg

The homework promised in class, is due Wed 11, 1999 please write it up and hand in at start of class. Someone should be prepare to present the solution in class.

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Weeks 6 and 7

The lectures for the weeks of Feb 15 and 22 will introduce the Feynman rules for electrodynamics, starting from first order perturbation theory. The rules will be applied to the problem electron-muon scattering. The lepton tensor will be introduced to simplify the transition to electron deep inelastic scattering. The properties of the derived differential cross section will be be studied, including the magnetic dipole interaction, helicity conservation...

References

• Quarks and Leptons Halzen and Martin Chapter 6 thru section 8
  • You may want to review the rest of the chapter, as parts of it will be used later.
• Introduction to Elementary Particles Griffiths Chapter 7

The homework promised in class, is NOW due Wed 24, 1999 please write it up and hand in at start of class. Someone should be prepare to present the solution in class.

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Weeks 8, 9 and 10

Over the next couple of weeks, we will look at electron proton scattering and how this is used to measure the properties of the proton. Initially we will consider elastic scattering, and how this measures the charge and magnetic dipole distributions. We will then move on to deep inelastic scattering, and how this tells us what the underlying structure of the proton is. From this we will learn about form factors, and structue functions.

References

• Quarks and Leptons Halzen and Martin Chapters 8 and 9
  • To understand how QCD enters into this, see chapters 7 and 10, this material will be covered in class in about 3 weeks.
• Introduction to Elementary Particles Griffiths Chapter 8
  • As above, to understand how QCD enters into this, see chapters 9, this material will be covered in class in about 3 weeks.

The homework promised in class, is due Fri March 12, 1999 please write it up and hand in by 5:00 pm.

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Weeks 11

The lectures for this week will deal with the running coupling constant. The derivation for the QED coupling constant will be outlined, with its physical significance discussed. The idea of renormalization, and its application to other problems will be discussed.

References

• Quarks and Leptons Halzen and Martin Chapters 7
• Introduction to Elementary Particles Griffiths Section 7.9
• Renormalization J. Collins
• Most books on Quantum Field Theory discuss this subject.

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Weeks 12, 13

The lectures for the next three weeks will introduce weak interaction. This will include a brief introduction to experimental results, in particluar parity violation, and strangeness non-conservation. This will be followed by a simple model for weak interaction, which will be applied to charged pion decay. Finally the beingings of the real theory will be discussed.

References

• Quarks and Leptons Halzen and Martin Chapters 12 and 13
• Introduction to Elementary Particles Griffiths Section 10

The homework promised in class. It is due Mon April 19, 1999 please write it up and hand in during class.