PHZ 6358 Standard Model of Elementary Particles - Fall 2007


INSTRUCTOR

Pierre Sikivie
Office: NPB 2063
email: sikivie@phys.ufl.edu
tel: 352.392.1923

CLASS TIMES

MWF, 12:50 - 1:40pm, in NPB 1200

OFFICE HOURS

MWF, 11:45am - 12:35pm, in NPB 2063

COURSE OUTLINE

1. Symmetry groups
2. Free field quantization
3. The Yang-Mills construction
4. Standard Model overview
5. Global symmetries of the strong interactions
6. The Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism
7. Tree level processes

READING MATERIALS

Purchase of a textbook is not required. However, it is strongly recommended that you purchase either:
  • "An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory", by M.E. Peskin and D.V. Schroeder, Perseus 1995, or

  • "The Quantum Theory of Fields", Vols. I and II, by S. Weinberg, Cambridge University Press 1995 and 1996.
In addition, the following books may be useful:
  • "Gauge Theory of Elementary Particle Physics", by T.-P. Cheng and L.-F. Li, Oxford University Press 1984.

  • "Dynamics of the Standard Model", by J.F. Donoghue, E. Golowich and B.R. Holstein, Cambridge University Press 1992.

  • "Journeys beyond the Standard Model", by P. Ramond, Perseus 1999.

  • "Gauge Theory of Weak Interactions", by W. Greiner and B. Muller, Springer-Verlag 1993.

  • "Quantum Chromodynamics", by W. Greiner and A. Schafer, Springer-Verlag 1994.

  • "The Standard Model: a Primer", by C.P. Burgess and G.D. Moore, Cambridge University Press 2007.

  • "Quarks and Leptons: an Introductory Course in Modern Particle Physics", by F. Halzen and A.D. Martin, John Wiley & Sons 1984.

  • "Quarks, Leptons & Gauge Fields", by K. Huang, World Scientific 1982.

COREQUISITE

a course on Quantum Field Theory

GRADING

The final grade will be based on homework (60%) and a final exam (40%).