Elementary Particle Physics II

Physics 880.02, Spring 2009

Office: M2042 Physics Research Bldg

Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday 2:00 - 3:00 pm

Course Meets: Tuesdays Thursdays 12:30 pm - 2:18 pm, Smith Lab , room 1186.

Grader: Anastasios Taliotis

*** NOTE: First Class Meets April 7, 2009 ***

*** There will be no classes on Tuesday, March 31, and on Thursday, April 2, 2009 - I'll be out of town. ***

*** There will be no class on Thursday, April 23, 2009 - I'll be out of town. ***

*** To avoid conflict with the Physics Department picnic there will be no class on Thursday, May 28, 2009. Instead the class will take place on Friday, May 29, from 2:30 pm to 4:18 pm, in Smith 1186 (our usual meeting place). ***

Brief Syllabus:

• Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD): running coupling and asymptotic freedom, renormalons, quark confinement.
• Deep Inelastic Scattering (DIS) and parton model, DGLAP evolution equation, operator product expansion, hadron scattering and jets.
• Axial anomaly, instantons and the U(1) problem.
• Small-x physics and parton saturation.

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
• S. Weinberg - The Quantum Theory of Fields, Vol. 2: Modern Applications, Google Books

Lecture Notes:

• 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 Tuesday, April 28) -- Solution 1
• HW 2 (due Thursday, May 7) -- Solution 2
• HW 3 (due Tuesday, May 19) -- Solution 3
• HW 4 (due Thursday, June 4) -- Solution 4

Grading will be based on the HW's.