PHZ 4390 - Introduction to Particle Physics - Fall 2017


Textbook Reading and Lecture Schedule

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