PHZ 6358 Standard Model of Elementary Particles - Fall 2009


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

MW, 1:55pm - 2:45pm, in NPB 2063
F, 11:45am - 12:35pm, in NPB 2063

COREQUISITE

a course on Quantum Field Theory

COURSE OUTLINE

1. Symmetry groups
2. Free field quantization
3. The Yang-Mills construction
4. Standard Model overview
5. The Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism
6. P, C and T

READING MATERIALS

The purchase of the book "An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory", by M.E. Peskin and D.V. Schroeder,
Perseus 1995, is recommended but not required.  It will be the required textbook for the second half of the course, in
Spring 2010.

In addition, the following books may be useful:
  • "The Quantum Theory of Fields", Vols. I and II, by S. Weinberg,  Cambridge University Press 1995 and 1996.
  • "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.

  • "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.

GRADING

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