ph230

Syllabus:

Fall: solitons (kinks, vortices, monopoles, instantons), the role of instantons, anomalies, phases of gauge theories
Winter: Standard Model and beyond (MSSM, LHC physics, GUTs, ... )
Spring: introduction to supersymmetry and supergravity

Suggested Reading for the Winter Term:

C. Burgess and G. Moore, The Standard Model: A Primer, Cambridge University Press, 2006.
J. Donoghue, E. Golowich and B. Holstein, Dynamics of the Standard Model (Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology), Cambridge UP, 1994.
T.-P. Cheng and L.-F. Li, Gauge Theory of Elementary Particle Physics, Oxford University Press, 1988.
M. Peskin and D. Schroeder, An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory, Westview Press, 1995.

Week	Topic	Homework	Solutions
1	Chiral anomaly	Homework 1	hw1
2	The Standard Model: preliminaries	no homework
3	Theory of pions	no homework
4	Weak interaction	Homework 2	hw2
5	Electroweak theory	Homework 3	hw3
6	Electroweak theory	no homework
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10	Term Papers	no homework

Final Exam: in addition to regular homework assignments (due a week later) there will be a final reading assignment. Each student will make a brief presentation on the topic of his/her choice (approved by the instructor).

Physics 230: Elementary Particle Theory 2011-2012

Physics 230: Elementary Particle Theory
2011-2012