This calendar shows what sections in the Martin and Shaw textbook should be read and what lecture note files also should be read before attending class on the day listed. Optional lectures are denoted with an asterix (*). Homework due dates and exam dates are also indicated.
Date | Day | HW / Exams | Textbook Reading | Lectures |
8/21/17 | Mon | Course overview | ||
8/22/17 | Tue | |||
8/23/17 | Wed | Particle physics intro | ||
8/24/17 | Thu | |||
8/25/17 | Fri | App. A | Relativity review | |
8/26/17 | Sat | |||
8/27/17 | Sun | |||
8/28/17 | Mon | App. A | Relativity review | |
8/29/17 | Tue | |||
8/30/17 | Wed | App. A | Relativity: 4 vectors | |
8/31/17 | Thu | |||
9/1/17 | Fri | App. A | Relativity: kinematics | |
9/2/17 | Sat | |||
9/3/17 | Sun | |||
9/4/17 | Mon | Labor Day | ||
9/5/17 | Tue | |||
9/6/17 | Wed | HW1 due | Modern physics: uncertainty principle, x-ray diffraction* | |
9/7/17 | Thu | |||
9/8/17 | Fri | |||
9/9/17 | Sat | |||
9/10/17 | Sun | |||
9/11/17 | Mon | |||
9/12/17 | Tue | |||
9/13/17 | Wed | |||
9/14/17 | Thu | |||
9/15/17 | Fri | Modern physics: QM review | ||
9/16/17 | Sat | |||
9/17/17 | Sun | |||
9/18/17 | Mon | Modern physics: QM review | ||
9/19/17 | Tue | |||
9/20/17 | Wed | HW2 due | 1.2 | Relativistic QM |
9/21/17 | Thu | |||
9/22/17 | Fri | 1.3 | Interactions and Feynman Diagrams | |
9/23/17 | Sat | |||
9/24/17 | Sun | |||
9/25/17 | Mon | 1.4 | Virtual particles and range of forces | |
9/26/17 | Tue | |||
9/27/17 | Wed | 2.1, 2.2; 3.2-3.4 | Conservation Laws | |
9/28/17 | Thu | |||
9/29/17 | Fri | 5.3, 5.4 | Conservation Laws | |
9/30/17 | Sat | |||
10/1/17 | Sun | |||
10/2/17 | Mon | HW3 due | Review activity | |
10/3/17 | Tue | |||
10/4/17 | Wed | Exam 1 | ||
10/5/17 | Thu | |||
10/6/17 | Fri | Homecoming | ||
10/7/17 | Sat | |||
10/8/17 | Sun | |||
10/9/17 | Mon | 6.1, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.5 | Quark Model, Heavy quarks | |
10/10/17 | Tue | |||
10/11/17 | Wed | App.B | Decays and Scattering (Guest lecturer P.Avery) | |
10/12/17 | Thu | |||
10/13/17 | Fri | App.B | Scattering (Guest lecturer P.Avery) | |
10/14/17 | Sat | |||
10/15/17 | Sun | |||
10/16/17 | Mon | 4.1, 4.2 | Accelerators and Colliders | |
10/17/17 | Tue | |||
10/18/17 | Wed | HW4 due | 4.3 | Interactions of Particles |
10/19/17 | Thu | |||
10/20/17 | Fri | 4.3 | Interactions of Particles | |
10/21/17 | Sat | |||
10/22/17 | Sun | |||
10/23/17 | Mon | 4.4 | Detectors | |
10/24/17 | Tue | |||
10/25/17 | Wed | HW5 due | 4.5 | Experiments |
10/26/17 | Thu | |||
10/27/17 | Fri | Paper proposal due | 8.1, 8.2 | Hadron structure |
10/28/17 | Sat | |||
10/29/17 | Sun | |||
10/30/17 | Mon | 8.3, 8.4 | Hadron structure | |
10/31/17 | Tue | |||
11/1/17 | Wed | HW6 due | Review activity | |
11/2/17 | Thu | |||
11/3/17 | Fri | Exam 2 | ||
11/4/17 | Sat | |||
11/5/17 | Sun | |||
11/6/17 | Mon | 7.1 | QCD | |
11/7/17 | Tue | |||
11/8/17 | Wed | 7.2 | QCD | |
11/9/17 | Thu | |||
11/10/17 | Fri | Veterans Day | ||
11/11/17 | Sat | |||
11/12/17 | Sun | |||
11/13/17 | Mon | 9 | Electroweak (Guest lecturer Prof.Avery) | |
11/14/17 | Tue | |||
11/15/17 | Wed | 10 | The Higgs boson (video lecture only, no class) | |
11/16/17 | Thu | |||
11/17/17 | Fri | HW7 due | 12.1 | Beyond SM |
11/18/17 | Sat | |||
11/19/17 | Sun | |||
11/20/17 | Mon | 12.2 | Beyond SM | |
11/21/17 | Tue | |||
11/22/17 | Wed | Thanksgiving | ||
11/23/17 | Thu | Thanksgiving | ||
11/24/17 | Fri | Thanksgiving | ||
11/25/17 | Sat | |||
11/26/17 | Sun | |||
11/27/17 | Mon | Presentations | ||
11/28/17 | Tue | |||
11/29/17 | Wed | Presentations, HW8 due | ||
11/30/17 | Thu | |||
12/1/17 | Fri | Presentations | ||
12/2/17 | Sat | |||
12/3/17 | Sun | |||
12/4/17 | Mon | Presentations | ||
12/5/17 | Tue | |||
12/6/17 | Wed | End of class | ||
12/7/17 | Thu | |||
12/8/17 | Fri | |||
12/9/17 | Sat | |||
12/10/17 | Sun | |||
12/11/17 | Mon | Papers due |