Elementary Particle Physics II
Physics 8802.02, Spring 2017
Instructor: Yuri
Kovchegov
Office: M2042 Physics Research Building
Office Hours: stop by anytime
Course Meets: Tuesdays Thursdays 11:10 am - 12:30 pm , Scott Lab , room N044.
Grader: TBA
*** First Class Meets January 10, 2017 ***
*** There will be no class on Thursday, January 19, 2017 - I'll be out of town. ***
Brief Syllabus:
- Neutrino masses and oscillations.
- Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD): quantization of non-Abelian gauge theories, running coupling and asymptotic freedom, chiral symmetry breaking, 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:
Recommended Reading :
Here's a list of books to complement Cheng and Li. The books are listed in the order of
increasing difficulty (more or less).
- 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:
- Introduction and review + Neutrino masses and oscillations
- Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD)
- Parton Model and Deep Inelastic Scattering (DIS)
- Particle Production in High Energy Hadronic Collisions
- Axial Anomaly
Lecture Notes from the last time I taught this course (2009, quarter system):
- Review
- Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD)
- Parton Model and Deep Inelastic Scattering (DIS)
- Particle Production in High Energy Hadronic Collisions
- Axial Anomaly
- Instantons
Homework Assignments:
- HW 1 (due Tuesday, January 24 --> deadline changed to Thursday, January 26) -- Solution 1
- HW 2 (due Tuesday, February 7 --> deadline changed to Thursday, February 9) -- Solution 2
- HW 3 (due Tuesday, February 21) -- Solution 3
- HW 4 (due Thursday, March 2 --> deadline changed to Thursday, March 9) -- Solution 4
- HW 5 (due Thursday, March 30) -- Solution 5
- HW 6 (due Thursday, April 6) -- Solution 6
- HW 7 (due Thursday, April 20) -- Solution 7
Grading will be based on the HW's.
Yuri Kovchegov