Skip to content

Lecture schedule

Past lectures

Lecture day Number Topics and book chapters for review
1/20 1 Syllabus & Introduction; chapters 1.1 through 1.3
1/22 2 Units in particle physics; Special relativity through chapter 2.1.1
1/27 - ❄ Snow Day ❄
1/29 3 Special relativity up to chapter 2.1.3
2/3 4 Four-momentum in a particle decay chapter 2.1.3 through middle of chapter 2.2.1 (Klein-Gordon)
2/5 5 Relativistic wave equations: Klein-Gordon (Spin-0) in Lagrange formalism + derivation of Dirac eq. (Spin 1/2); completing chapter 2
2/10 6 Group theory: Chapter 3 up to chapter 3.2.3
2/12 7 Completing group theory
2/17 8 Cross-sections and Fermi's golden rule, Chapter 4 up to 4.3
2/19 9 Feynman diagrams, completing chapter 4

Preliminary outline of upcoming lectures

Lecture day Number Topics and book chapters for review
2/25 11
2/27 12
3/4 13
3/6 14
3/11 15
3/12 Midterm exam
3/17 🌸 spring break 🌸
3/19 🌸 spring break 🌸
3/24 16
3/26 17
3/31 18
4/2 19
4/7 20
4/10 21
4/14 22
4/21 23
4/23 24
4/28 25
4/30 26
5/5 27
5/11 Final exam