Instructor: Emlyn Hughes
Office at Caltech: 302 Kellogg Radiation Lab
Telephone: 395 4272
Email:emlyn@caltech.edu
Secretary: Mercedes Castano
304 Kellogg
Phone: 395 3959
mercedes@caltech.edu
Grader: Donal O'Connell
donal@caltech.edu
Office Hours: 4 to 5:30 Tuesdays
Place: 461 Lauritsen
Textbook:
Introduction to Elementary Particles by David J. Griffiths
Assignments:
Homework will be due on Wednesdays by 5 PM. It will be
accepted up to one week late for ½ credit. The work must be
your own, not copied from others.
Quizzes:
There will be no quizzes in the course.
Exams:
There will be no midterm or final exam.
Grading:
Your grade for the course will be determined by your performance
on the homeworks.
Course Schedule
Lecture I
Relativistic Kinematics Sept 26
Lecture II
Bound States
Sept 29
Lecture III
Feynman Calculus
Oct 3
Lecture IV
Feynman Calculus
Oct 6
Lecture V
QED
Oct 10
Lecture VI
QED
Oct 13
Lecture VII
QED
Oct 17
Lecture VIII Quarks
and Hadrons Oct 20
Lecture IX
QCD
Oct 24
Lecture X
QCD
Oct 27
Lecture XI
QCD at colliders
Oct 31
Lecture XII
Weak Interactions
Nov 3
Lecture XIII
Weak Interactions
Nov 7
Lecture XIV
Weak Interactions
Nov 10
Lecture XV
Gauge Theories
Nov 14
Lecture XVI
Gauge Theories
Nov 17
Lecture XVII Higgs
Hunting
Nov 21
Lecture XVIII Parity violation
Nov 28
Lecture XIX
Wrap up
Dec 1
CLASS TIME AND PLACE: 2:30 PM on Monday and Thursdays, 107 Downs
First day of class: September 26, 2005
Last day:
December 1, 2005
HOMEWORKS PROBLEMS
Set #1 Problems
3.4, 3.8, 3.9, 3.14, 3.15, 3.16, 3.17, 3.22, 3.23
due: Oct 5
Set #2 Problems
5.16, 5.17, 5.18, 5.21, 5.22, 5.24, 5.32
due: Oct 13
Set #3 Problems
6.4, 6.5, 6.7, 6.9, 6.10, 6.11, 6.15
due: Oct 20
Set #4 Problems
7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.8, 7.12, 7.16, 7.22, 7.25
due: Oct 27
Set #5 Problems
7.42, 7.43, 7.44, 8.1, 8.2, 8.6, 8.11
due: Nov 3
Set #6 Problems
9.2, 9.6, 9.8, 9.14, 9.15, 9.18
due: Nov 10
Set #7 Problems
10.1, 10.2, 10.12, 10.13, 10.16, 10.17
due: Nov 17
Set #8 Problems
10.18, 10.19, 10.20, 10.21, 10.25, 10.26
due: Nov 23
Set #9 Problems
11.1, 11.4, 11.5, 11.12, 11.21, 11.23, 11.24, 11.26
due: Dec 1
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