PHYS 506B: Particle Physics II
Spring 2005

Instructor: Dr Michel Lefebvre

This theoretical course is intended for experimentalists (M.Sc. and Ph.D. levels) and theorists (M.Sc. level).
The key objective of this course is to develop a detailed understanding of the origin of the Lagrangian of the Standard Model of particle physics. Aspects of the Standard Model phenomenology will be discussed.

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Classes held Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 13:30-14:30 in HHB 116.
First class Friday 07 January 2005.

Syllabus, pdf

Final Exam will take place Fri 15 Apr 2005 09:00 to 17:00.

Assignments

  • Introduction to Gauge Theories
    • Basics of SU(n), pdf
      • Notes on Young Tableaux (Kenji Hamano, special guest appearance), pdf
    • Classical Fields, pdf
    • U(1) Gauge Invariance, pdf
    • SU(n) Gauge Invariance, pdf
    • The Standard Model, pdf

  • The Parton Model
    • Naive Parton Model, pdf
    • QCD Improved Parton Model, pdf

  • Physics at the Large Hadron Collider