I will be away on a workshop in week 40. Therefore, the lecture Wednesday October 1st will be given by Prof. Michael Kachelriess. There will be no lecture on Thursday October 2nd (but there will be an exercise guidance hour), so you can study on your own in Griffiths (the chapter on QED).
Wednesdays 14:15-16:00 in H1
Thursdays 12:15-14:00 in EL1
The first lecture takes place on August 20th, 2025. The lectures on Thursdays are recorded, and the videos are found on Blackboard (click on "Course work" in the menu on the left).
Thursdays 14:15-15:00 in R10.
The teaching assistant in the course is Patrick Koenig (patrikoe at stud dot ntnu dot no).
Mathieu Scheid (mathieu dot scheid at epfl dot ch) and Sanne Selmer Gilje (sanneg at stud dot ntnu dot no). Summary from the first reference group meeting.
December 11th, 15:00-19:00. You will be allowed to bring the mathematical formula collection by K. Rottman. No hand-written notes are allowed. Your grade is determined 100% from the written exam. You will receive a grade A-F.
Tba. Please mail your questions to me in advance.
The curriculum is defined by the lectures, based on corresponding chapters in the Griffiths book "Introduction to Elementary Particles" (2nd edition), and belonging extra notes for each chapter (will be posted below).
The vast majority of the curriculum will be covered in the lectures, but some material might be assigned to self-study.
Recommended complementary books/material
Modern Particle Physics, M. Thomson (1st edition)
Extra notes
Energy-time uncertainty principle and its relation to measuring particle lifetimes
Example showing how co- and contravariant vectors transform differently
Introduction to classical differential scattering cross section
Example of how to deduct the intrinsic parity of a particle experimentally (page 3)
Rough plan for the semester - deviations may occur.
Week 34
Introduction
Week 35
Elementary particle dynamics
Week 36
Relativistic kinematics
Week 37
Symmetries part I
Week 38
Symmetries part II + Feynman rules part I
Week 39
Feynman rules part II + QED part I
Week 40
QED part II
Week 41
QED part III
Week 42
Weak interactions part I
Week 43
Weak interactions part II
Week 44
QCD part I
Week 45
QCD part II
Week 46
Relativistic field and gauge theories part I
Week 47
Relativistic field and gauge theories part II
The exercises are not mandatory, but highly recommended.
August 28th - Exercise #1
September 4th - Exercise #2
September 11th - Exercise #3
September 18th - Exercise #4
September 25th - Exercise #5
October 2nd - Exercise #6
Problem text #6 | Solution #6
October 9th - Exercise #7
Problem text #7 | Solution #7
October 17th - Exercise #8
Problem text #8 | Solution #8
Here are some older exams for this course. The ones made by Jacob Linder are representative of what this year's exam could look like.
