College of Science

PHYS56400 (PHYS564) Fall 2008

Introduction To Elementary Particle Physics

Current session: Fall 2008

Offering: Sem. 1, Class 3, cr. 3.

Prerequisites: Prerequisite: PHYS 360 or 550; or PHYS 460, 461. Authorized equivalent courses or consent of instructor may be used in satisfying course pre- and co-requisites.

Description: This course brings students up to the current status of research in elementary particle physics. The focus of the course is the construction of the Standard Model with emphasis on the electroweak theory. The seminal experiments that confirmed the predictions of the Standard Model is presented. The solar neutrino problem, the search for nonzero neutrino masses, and the efforts to construct a theory which unifies all interactions, including gravity, is discussed.

Instructor(s):
GUTAY, LASZLO J.

Email:
gutay@physics.purdue.edu

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Textbook(s) for Fall 2008
Course Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
PHYS564 Introduction to High Energy Physics Donald H. Perkins 4th 0521621968 Cambridge University Press