This course is intended for students in their 6th semester of the physics curriculum. Familiarity with the basics of quantum mechanics at the level of Quantum Theory I is expected. The lectures and exercises will involve practical applications of linear algebra and differential calculus.

Lectures

These lectures describe the present status of our knowledge of the basic constituents of matter and of the fundamental forces of nature governing their interactions. The student will become familiar with quarks and leptons, and with the gluons and electroweak bosons which mediate the strong and electroweak forces. Descriptions of experimental investigations of a wide variety of physical phenomena will serve to show how the discipline of particle physics developed during the past century and provide the student with the background necessary to follow future developments in this rapidly changing field.

Exercises

The exercise sets serve to exemplify and to quantify the physical concepts introduced in the accompanying lectures. They provide an essential understanding of the material by illustrating the degree of quantitative accuracy achieved by our present understanding of the forces of Nature and by providing the student with the benefit of learning-by-doing. Submission in written form of solutions to the exercise sets is prerequisite for receipt of the Certificate of Academic Credit.

Where and When

The first lecture will be held at 8:15 on Thursday, 13 April, in the lecture hall on the ground floor of the ISKP.

Literature

D.Griffiths	Introduction to Elementary Particles	Wiley, 1987
F.Halzen and A.Martin	Quarks and Leptons	Wiley, 1984
Particle Data Group	Particle Physics Booklet	AIP, 1998
R.C.Fernow	Introduction to Experimental Particle Physics	Cambridge Univ., 1986