PHYS 4602
Physics of Elementary Particles
Standard Model. Properties of leptons, quarks, hadrons. Fundamental interactions: photon, gluons, W/Z bosons. Higgs boson. Conservation laws, invariance principles, quantum numbers. Decay rates and scattering cross-sections. Quantum electrodynamics and chromodynamics. Resonances. Weak interactions, CKM matrix, parity and CP violation. Neutrino masses and oscillations. Future directions.
Prerequisites & course information
Prerequisite(s): PHYS 4707 or permission of the Department. Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as PHYS 5602 , for which additional credit is precluded. Lectures three hours a week.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027