PHYS 551 Elementary Particle Physics I.
2005 UIC Lectures on High Energy Particle Physics
based on lectures given at
Hualin 2004, NCTS 1999, KEK in 1998 and at Fermilb in 1997.
Lecture Notes
1. BASICS
- Dirac Equation
- QED
- Feynman Rules
- Cross-sections etc.
2. WEAK INTERACTION
- V-A Theory
- Muon decay
- Beta Decays of Hadrons
- Quark Mixing
3. PARTON MODEL AND STRONG INTERACTION
- Deep Inelastic Scattering
- Hadron-Hadron collision
- Structure Functions
- Gluons
- Quarkonium Physics
4. STANDARD MODEL
- Gauge Principle
- Gauge group SU(2) X U(1) X SU(3)
- Mass generations
- W and Z properties
- Precision measurements and Radiative effects
- Jet Physics
- B physics and CP violation
Reference Books:
Students can find supplemental reading from the following texts:
V.D. Barger and R.J.N. Phillips,
Collider Physics
C. Quigg,
Gauge Theories of the Strong, Weak, and EM Interactions
L. Okun,
Leptons and Quarks
F. Halzen and A. Martin,
Quarks and Leptons: An Introductory Course in Modern Physics
R.K. Ellis, W.J. Stirling, and B.R. Webber,
QCD and Collider Physics
S. Pokorski,
Gauge Field Theories
T.P. Cheng and L. Li
Gauge Theory of Elementary Physics
Other References on the WEB