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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Science : Physics

640-363 Particle Physics

Credit Points:

8.0

Coordinator:

Dr M Sevior

Prerequisite/s:

Physics 640-223 or 640-243, and 640-221 or 640-241.

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

20 lectures (two a week for first ten weeks) and up to three tutorials in last three weeks

Objectives:

By the end of this course the student should:

  • comprehend the fundamentals of the physics of elementary particles - hadrons, leptons and quarks - and their interactions;

  • be able to apply these fundamentals to a general understanding of modern experimental results in this field.

Content:

Experimental methods; particle creation and detection; particle classification; symmetries and conservation laws; theories of fundamental interactions; quark model of hadrons; dynamical evidence for quarks; unified field theories.

Assessment:

A 2-hour end-of-semester written examination plus tests and/or assignments, set during the semester, which may account for up to 20% of the final mark.

Prescribed Texts:

  • Perkins D H, Introduction to High Energy Physics, 2nd ed. Addison-Wesley.
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