| Course Description | Introductory survey course on nuclear and particle physics. Phenomenology and experimental foundations of nuclear and particle physics; fundamental forces and particles, composites. Interaction of particles with matter and detectors. SU(2), SU(3), models of mesons and baryons. Weak interactions and neutrino physics. Lepton-nucleon scattering, form factors and structure functions. QCD, gluon field and color. W and Z fields, electro-weak unification, the CKM matrix, Nucleon-nucleon interactions, properties of nuclei, single and collective particle models. Electromagnetic and hadronic interactions with nuclei. Nuclear reactions and nuclear structure, nuclear astrophysics. Relativistic heavy ion collisions. Instructor: Walter |
| Additional Information |
This is an introductory graduate level survey course on particle and nuclear physics. This class assumes a familiarity with graduate level quantum mechanics at the level of physics 211 and 212. This class will impart a broad foundation in the phenomenology and experimental foundations
of modern nuclear and particle physics. Topics in the class will
include:
- Overview of particles, exchange forces, kinematics, symmetries and groups
- Interactions of particles with matter, and particle detectors.
- The quark model
- Nuclear structure models
- Quantum electrodynamics
- Quarks and gluons
- Lepton scattering, form factors and structure functions
- Weak interactions
- The electroweak theory
Please see Blackboard for the course web page
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