Physics 7360/7361 2006

• Introduction (pdf)
• Lorentz Transformations (pdf)
• Scalar Field I - Intro (pdf)
• Scalar Field II - Symmetry and Conservation (pdf)
• Scalar Field III - Particles (pdf)
• Antiparticles (pdf)
• Particle Exchange and Potentials (pdf)
• Interaction Picture and S matrix (pdf)
• ABC Model Decay (pdf)
• Scattering Cross Sections (General) (pdf)
• AB -> AB Scattering (pdf)
• Resonances (pdf)
• Groups and Representations (pdf)
• Lorentz Group and Spinors (pdf)
• Dirac Spinors (pdf)
• Dirac Spinors (extra material) (pdf)
• Quantum Electrodynamics (pdf)

Special Topics

• Renormalization (pdf)
• Vector Bosons (pdf)
• Symmetries and the Vacuum (pdf)
• Goldstone Bosons (pdf)
• Higgs Mechanism (pdf)
• Non-Abelian Gauge Field Lagrangians (pdf)
• Higgs Mechanism in SU(2)xU(1) (pdf)

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