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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: Relativistic wave equations up to chapter 2.2.1

Preliminary outline of upcoming lectures

Lecture day Number Topics and book chapters for review
2/3 5 Special relativity: Relativistic wave equations up to chapter 2.2.3; 2.2.3 electrodynamics as exercise
2/5 6 Group theory: Chapter 3 up to chapter 3.2.3
2/10 7 Group theory and quark model up to 3.4
2/12 8 Fermi's golden rule, cross-sections, 2 -> n scattering, up to chapter 4.3
2/17 9 Feynman diagrams chapter 4.3, completing chapter 4
2/19 10
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