Elementary Particle Physics II

Physics 8802.02, Spring 2018

Office: M2042 Physics Research Building

Office Hours: stop by anytime

Course Meets: Tuesdays Thursdays 11:10 am - 12:30 pm , Physics Research Building, room M2035.

*** First Class Meets January 9, 2018 ***

*** There will be no class Tuesday, January 23, 2018 - I will be out of town ***

*** There will be no class Thursday, February 15, 2018 - I will be out of town ***

Brief Syllabus:

• Quarks in Electroweak Theory (continued): CKM matrix, Z-boson decay and neutrino generations.
• Neutrino masses and oscillations.
• Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD): quantization of non-Abelian gauge theories, running coupling and asymptotic freedom, e^+e^- annihilation into hadrons, heavy quark potential and quark confinement.
• QCD in high-energy scattering: Deep Inelastic Scattering (e+p) and parton model, DGLAP evolution equations, operator product expansion, hadron scattering (p+p) and jets.
• Axial anomaly, instantons.
• Small-x physics and parton saturation; proton spin puzzle.

Textbook:

• T.-P. Cheng and L.-F. Li - Gauge Theory of Elementary Particle Physics, Google Books

Recommended Reading :

• D. Griffiths - Introduction to Elementary Particles, Google Books (this book is more of a prerequisite, as it is at a less advanced level than the course, but is a good introduction to some topics)
• D. H. Perkins - Introduction to High Energy Physics, Google Books (also an introductory-level text)
• F. Halzen, A. D. Martin - Quarks and Leptons: An Introductory Course in Modern Particle Physics, Google Books
• H. Georgi - Lie Algebras in Particle Physics, Google Books (an excellent source on Group theory for particle physicists)
• M. E. Peskin, D. V. Schroeder - An Introduction To Quantum Field Theory (mostly Part III), Google Books
• J. F. Donoghue, E. Golowich, B. R. Holstein - Dynamics of the Standard Model, Google Books
• E. Leader, E. Predazzi - An Introduction to Gauge Theories and Modern Particle Physics, Google Books
• C. Burgess, G. Moore - The Standard Model: A Primer, Google Books
• Y. Kovchegov, E. Levin - Quantum Chromodynamics at High Energy, Google Books
• S. Weinberg - The Quantum Theory of Fields, Vol. 2: Modern Applications, Google Books

Lecture Notes:

• The Electroweak Theory (continued) + Neutrino masses and oscillations
• Lecture 1: review of the Electroweak theory covered in the Fall Semester (the notes actually review all of the Fall Semester Particle Physics material)
• Lecture 2
• Lecture 3
• Lecture 4
• Lecture 5
• Lecture 6
• Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD)
• Lecture 7 (includes a brief review of functional and path integrals)
• Functional integral quantization of the real scalar phi^4 field theory
• Lecture 8
• Lecture 9
• Lecture 10
• Lecture 11
• Lecture 12
• Lecture 13
• Lecture 14
• Parton Model and Deep Inelastic Scattering (DIS)
• Lecture 15
• Lecture 16
• Lecture 17
• Lecture 18
• Lecture 19
• Lecture 20
• Lecture 21
• Lecture 22
• Particle Production in High Energy Hadronic Collisions
• Lecture 23
• Lecture 24 (part 1)
• Axial Anomaly
• Lecture 24 (part 2)
• Lecture 25
• Lecture 26

Lecture Notes (from Spring 2017):

• Introduction and review + Neutrino masses and oscillations
• Lecture 1
• Brief introduction to non-Abelian gauge theories
• Lecture 2
• Some basic elements of group theory
• Lecture 3
• A note on quarks in electroweak theory
• Lecture 4
• Lecture 5
• Lecture 6
• Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD)
• Brief refresher on path and functional integrals
• Lecture 7
• Functional integral quantization of the real scalar phi^4 field theory
• Lecture 8
• Lecture 9
• Lecture 10
• Lecture 11
• Lecture 12
• Lecture 13
• Lecture 14
• Lecture 15
• Lecture 16
• Lecture 17
• Parton Model and Deep Inelastic Scattering (DIS)
• Lecture 18
• Lecture 19
• Lecture 20
• Lecture 21
• Lecture 22
• Lecture 23
• Lecture 24
• Lecture 25 (part 1)
• Particle Production in High Energy Hadronic Collisions
• Lecture 25 (part 2)
• Axial Anomaly
• Lecture 26
• Lecture 27

Lecture Notes from Spring 2009, under quarter system:

• Review
  • Lecture 1: review of the first quarter of the course
• Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD)
• Lecture 2
• Lecture 3
• Lecture 4
• Lecture 5
• A Ghost Story
• Lecture 6
• Parton Model and Deep Inelastic Scattering (DIS)
• Lecture 7
• A short note on cross sections
• Lecture 8
• Lecture 9
• Lecture 10
• Lecture 11
• Lecture 12 (part 1)
• Particle Production in High Energy Hadronic Collisions
• Lecture 12 (part 2)
• Lecture 13
• Lecture 14 (part 1)
• Axial Anomaly
• Lecture 14 (part 2)
• Lecture 15
• Lecture 16
• Instantons
• Lecture 17

Homework Assignments:

• HW 1 (due Thursday, January 25) -- Solution 1
• HW 2 (due Tuesday, February 6) -- Solution 2
• HW 3 (due Tuesday, February 20) -- Solution 3
• HW 4 (due Thursday, March 8) -- Solution 4
• HW 5 (due Tuesday, March 27) -- Solution 5
• HW 6 (due Thursday, April 5) -- Solution 6
• HW 7 (due Thursday, April 19) -- Solution 7

Grading will be based on the HW's.