PHY 7356 - Spring 2023
Introduction to Particle Physics
General Information
Syllabus and other information
Lecture Notes
Lecture Notes for Basic Concepts
Lecture Notes for Symmetries
Lecture Notes for Particle Phenomenology
Lecture Notes for QCD Basics and The Strong Interaction I
Lecture Notes for The Strong Interaction II
Lecture Notes for Perturbative QCD
Lecture Notes for Lattice QCD
Lecture Notes for EW Interactions
Lecture Notes for Neutrinos
Lecture Notes for Thermal QCD and QGP
Lecture Notes for Signatures of a Phase Transition
Lecture Notes for Connections to Plasma Physics and String Theory
Lecture Notes for Dark Matter and Dark Energy
Lecture Notes for Higgs Boson
Lecture Notes for Accelerators and Detectors
Homework Assignments
Homework 1, due 02/23/2023
Homework 2, due 03/10/2023
Essay topics and Presentation schedule
Topics and Schedule
Recommended reading
Complete Lecture Notes of a similar course taught a NIKHEF
Recent Lecture Notes of PHY 4356 by Prof. Ratti
Flavor changing processes ('weak decay' of a hadron) (for lecture week 1&2)
Symmetries in hadrons (for lecture week 1&2)
Standard Model Parameters (for lectures week 1&2)
Quark Model for Hadrons (from Dr. Tina Potter)
Degrees of Freedom in the deconfiend phase
Basic Properties of Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions
Accelerators
Intro to QCD
Intro to lattice QCD
Intro to Neutrino Physics
Intro to the Higgs Boson
Intro to Dark Matter and Dark Energy
Link to old class notes
High Energy Nuclear Physics - PHY 7397 (Fall 2013)
Last updated March 6th, 2023