[Fall 2024 version with some updates to the course.]
Fall 2023
HE/PH 215, Nuclear and Particle Physics.
Lectures.
M 12.00-13.30,
W 12.00-13.30,
F 14.00-15.30,
Auditorium @ Physical Sciences Building.
Office hours.
M 15.00-16.00, Nirmal Raj (instructor),
T 15.00-16.00, Rinchen Sherpa (TA),
W 15.00-16.00, Shubhashis Mallik (TA),
Th 15.00-16.00, Vaibhav (TA).
Evaluation.
Assignments [collaborate, but do not copy answers]; see below for PDFs.
Examinations [open book, open notes]:Â mid-semester and end-semester.
Online forum.
Microsoft Teams.
Suggested texts.
David J. Griffiths, Introduction to Elementary Particles, 2nd Ed.
Michael Peskin, Concepts of Elementary Particles,
Holstein, Golowich, Donoghue, Dynamics of the Standard Model,
Matthew D. Schwartz, Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model,
Mark Srednicki, Quantum Field Theory.
Lecture notes, assignments, and exams.
Warning: the notes are incomplete. Rely on them at your own peril. Use them only as a backup resource.
Course log below.