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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 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, toward completing chapter 4
2/24 10 Particle collider experiment, chapter 5 through 5.4; (completing 5)
2/26 11 Feynman diagram summary of chapter 4.3.3, completing chapter 4; QED in e+e- collisions, chapter 6 up to example 6.1
3/3 12 Continuing chapter 6;
3/5 13 Completing chapter 6: inclusive cross-sections, e+e- to hadrons, R-ratio, evidence for fractional charge, spin, color
3/10 14 Chapter 7.1.1 electron-quark scattering; deeply inelastic scattering up to 7.2.1 (pg. 179)
3/12 **Midterm presentations **
3/17 🌸 spring break 🌸
3/19 🌸 spring break 🌸

Preliminary outline of upcoming lectures

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