Theoretical Particle Physics
Theoretical Particle Physics (WiSe 2023/2024)
Lectures
Tue, 13:30-15:10, S211/10
Fri, 13:30-15:10, S211/10 (biweekly alternating with the tutorials)
Lecturer
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Michael Buballa
Voraussichtliche Themen
- Introduction: The standard model of particle physics
- Symmetries and symmetry groups
- The quark model
- Relativistic wave equations
- Scattering processes and decays; Feynman diagrams
- Aspects of the strong interaction
- Aspects of the weak interaction
- Outlook: Gauge theories
Literature
- F. Halzen, A. Martin, Quarks and Leptons, Wiley
- D. Griffiths, Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics, Wiley-VCH
- D.H. Perkins, Introduction to High Energy Physics, Cambridge University Press
- Mark Thomson, Modern Particle Physics, Cambridge University Press
- H. Georgi, Lie Algebras in Particle Physics, Addison-Wesley
- D. Ryder, Quantum Field Theory, Cambridge University Press
Tutorials
Fri, 11:40-13:20, S211/10 (biweekly alternating with the lectures)
- Assistant: NN
- Tutor: NN
office hours: tba
The exercise sheets will be posted on Moodle.