Search Rutgers   Search Physics Physics 613, Spring 2014 Syllabus   The syllabus is subject to change, and very preliminary at present. At the bottom, there will be a list of sections expected to be covered or excluded. My materials are generally available in view mode (one page per side, for viewing) and in print mode (two pages per side, for more efficient printing).

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	Date	Topic	Reading
L0	1/21	Cancelled due to snow!
L1	1/23	Intro, elementary particles, symmetries	Intro: view or print pp 1-10, AH Chap. 1
L2	1/28	Parity, Strangeness, SU(3)flavor, Std. Model	Intro pp.10-18
H1	2/3	Homework Assignment # 1: view or print
L3	1/30	Field equations, Poincare, Dirac	Lecture 3: intro2 view or print pp 1-9, AH p63-73
L4	2/4	More on Dirac	Lecture 4: view or print, AH Chap. 2 + pp 74-83
H2	2/10	Homework Assignment # 2: view or print
L5	2/6	P, C, and T	Lecture 5: view or print, and AH Chap. 4
L6	2/11	Quantum Field Theory	Lecture 6: view or print, and AH Chap. 5 as necessary
H3	2/17	Homework Assignment # 3:.
	2/13	Cancelled due to snow!
H4	2/24	Homework Assignment # 4:.
L7	2/18	States, Interactions	Lecture 7: view or print plus AH sect 6.2.2
L8	2/20	First Perturbative Calculations	Lecture 8: view or print plus AH sect 6.3.1-2
H5	3/3	Homework Assignment # 5:.
L9	2/25	Scattering in ABC theory	Lecture 9: view or print plus, AH sect 6.3.3-5
L10	2/27	Complex scalar and Dirac Fields	Lecture 10: view or print plus AH sect 7.1-2
H6	3/10	Homework Assignment # 6: view or print
L11	3/4	Electromagnetism. P and C	Lecture 11: view or print plus AH sect 7.3-7.5.2
L12	3/6	more C, T, and Coulomb Scattering	Lecture 12: view or print plus AH 7.5.3, 8.2, 8.7
L13	3/11	Coulomb Scattering, Form Factors	Lecture 13: view or print plus AH 8.2, 8.7, 8.8
Exam	3/13	Midterm Exam
- - -	3/18,20	No class, recess
L14	3/25	e+e–→X+ X–; R; Inclusive Cross Sections	Lecture 14: view or print plus AH 9.1, 9.5
L15	3/27	Bjorken Scalaing, Partons	Lecture 15: view or print plus AH 9.2-4
H7	3/31	Homework Assignment # 7: Problem 9.4 from Aitchison and Hey
L16	4/1	Loops	Lecture 16 (incomplete): view or print plus AH 10.1, P&S pp.211-216
L17	4/3	Renormalization	Lecture 17: view or print plus AH 10.2-4
H8	4/7	Homework Assignment # 8:
L18	4/8	Renormalizability. Non-Abelian Symmetry	Lecture 18: view or print plus AH 10.5,11.1-2,12.1-2
H9	4/14	Homework Assignment # 9:
L19	4/10	Chiral, Gauge Symmetry	Lecture 19: view or print plus AH 12.3-5,13.1
L20	4/15	Gauge Fields	Lecture 20: view or print plus AH 13.2, 13.3.1-2
L21	4/17	QCD; Weak Interactions	Lecture 21: view or print plus AH 14.1, 20.1-2
H10		Homework Assignment # 10: view or print
L22	4/22	Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking	Lecture 22: view or print plus AH 17.5-6
L23	4/24	Higgs Mechanism	Lecture 23: view or print plus AH 19.3, 19.5-6
L24	4/29	GSW ElectroWeak Theory	Lecture 24: view or print plus AH 22.2, 22.5
L25	5/1	Beyond the Standard Model	Lecture 25: view or print

Sections covered