PHZ 4390 - Introduction to Particle Physics - Fall 2018


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
8/20/18 Mon
8/21/18 Tue
8/22/18 Wed Course overview, Particle physics intro
8/23/18 Thu
8/24/18 Fri App. A Relativity review
8/25/18 Sat      
8/26/18 Sun      
8/27/18 Mon App. A Relativity review
8/28/18 Tue
8/29/18 Wed App. A Relativity: 4 vectors
8/30/18 Thu
8/31/18 Fri App. A Relativity: kinematics
9/1/18 Sat      
9/2/18 Sun      
9/3/18 Mon Labor Day    
9/4/18 Tue
9/5/18 Wed HW1 due Modern physics: uncertainty principle, x-ray diffraction*
9/6/18 Thu
9/7/18 Fri Modern physics: QM review
9/8/18 Sat      
9/9/18 Sun      
9/10/18 Mon Modern physics: QM review
9/11/18 Tue
9/12/18 Wed 1.2 Relativistic QM
9/13/18 Thu
9/14/18 Fri HW2 due 1.3 Interactions and Feynman Diagrams
9/15/18 Sat      
9/16/18 Sun      
9/17/18 Mon
2.1-2.3 Leptons and Neutrinos
9/18/18 Tue
9/19/18 Wed 2.1, 2.2; 3.2-3.4 Conservation Laws
9/20/18 Thu
9/21/18 Fri 5.3, 5.4 Conservation Laws
9/22/18 Sat      
9/23/18 Sun      
9/24/18 Mon HW3 due
 Review activity
9/25/18 Tue
9/26/18 Wed Exam 1
9/27/18 Thu
9/28/18 Fri 6.1, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.5 Quark Model, Heavy quarks
9/29/18 Sat      
9/30/18 Sun      
10/1/18 Mon
App.B Decays and Scattering 
10/2/18 Tue
10/3/18 Wed App.B Scattering
10/4/18 Thu
10/5/18 Fri App.B Scattering
10/6/18 Sat      
10/7/18 Sun      
10/8/18 Mon 4.1, 4.2 Accelerators and Colliders
10/9/18 Tue
10/10/18 Wed HW4 due 4.3 Interactions of Particles
10/11/18 Thu
10/12/18 Fri 4.3 Interactions of Particles
10/13/18 Sat      
10/14/18 Sun      
10/15/18 Mon 4.4 Detectors
10/16/18 Tue
10/17/18 Wed 4.4 Detectors
10/18/18 Thu
10/19/18 Fri HW5 due 4.5 Experiments
10/20/18 Sat      
10/21/18 Sun      
10/22/18 Mon 8.1, 8.2 Hadron structure
10/23/18 Tue
10/24/18 Wed 8.3, 8.4 Hadron structure
10/25/18 Thu
10/26/18 Fri Paper proposal due
10/27/18 Sat      
10/28/18 Sun      
10/29/18 Mon HW6 due Review activity
10/30/18 Tue
10/31/18 Wed Exam 2
11/1/18 Thu
11/2/18 Fri Homecoming
11/3/18 Sat      
11/4/18 Sun      
11/5/18 Mon 7.1 QCD
11/6/18 Tue
11/7/18 Wed 7.2 QCD
11/8/18 Thu
11/9/18 Fri 9 Electroweak
11/10/18 Sat      
11/11/18 Sun      
11/12/18 Mon Veterans Day
11/13/18 Tue
11/14/18 Wed HW7 due 10 The Higgs boson (video lecture)
11/15/18 Thu
11/16/18 Fri 12.1 Beyond SM
11/17/18 Sat      
11/18/18 Sun      
11/19/18 Mon 12.2 Beyond SM
11/20/18 Tue
11/21/18 Wed Thanksgiving    
11/22/18 Thu Thanksgiving    
11/23/18 Fri Thanksgiving    
11/24/18 Sat      
11/25/18 Sun      
11/26/18 Mon Presentations, 
HW8 due
11/27/18 Tue
11/28/18 Wed Presentations
11/29/18 Thu
11/30/18 Fri Presentations
12/1/18 Sat      
12/2/18 Sun      
12/3/18 Mon Presentations
12/4/18 Tue
12/5/18 Wed End of class
12/6/18 Thu
12/7/18 Fri
12/8/18 Sat
12/9/18 Sun
12/10/18 Mon Papers due