Syllabus
| Lec. # | Date | Topics | Reading | Problems |
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| Final | M, 6/10 | 12-3pm |
Mean was 105/142, Standard deviation was 15 | Solutions |
| 21 | W, 6/5 | No Lecture |
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| 20 | M, 6/3 | No Lecture |
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| 19 | F, 5/31 | Solar Neutrinos |
Solar Neutrinos by K. Nakamura from the PDG; Neutrino Mass by B. Kayser from the BDG; John Bahcall, source of several of the plots in the lecture notes, and also keeper of a delightful set of web pages on solar neutrinos. | Problem Set 8, due Friday, 6/7, Solutions |
| 18 | W, 5/29 | Feynman Rules in ABC Theory |
pp. 201-210 | |
| 17 | F, 5/24 | Decay Rates, Cross Sections from the Golden Rule |
pp. 194-201; Notes on Fermi's Golden Rule from Roy Schwitters at UT Austin. | |
| 16 | W, 5/22 | Baryon Magnetic Modments, Cross Sections |
pp. 189-195 | Problem Set 7, due Wed 5/29, Solutions |
| 15 | M, 5/20 | Mesons, Baryons |
pp. 168-182 | |
| 14 | W, 5/15 | Addition of Angular Momentum |
pp. 107-113 |
Problem Set 6, due Wed 5/22, Solutions |
| 13 | M, 5/13 | Hyperfine Splittings, midterm review |
pp. 156-158,168-172,Griffiths AJP Paper on the Hyperfine Term, midt. soln. | |
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W, 5/8
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Midterm
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Lectures 1-10 Mean was 74/100, standard deviation was 17
| solutions |
| 11 | M, 5/6 | Time Evolution in Spin-1/2, Hyperfine Splittings |
pp. 156-158,168-172,Griffiths AJP Paper on the Hyperfine Term | |
| 10 | W, 5/1 | Stern Gerlach, Spin-1/2 |
| Problem Set 5: (gif[1,2) ; pdf) Due 5/13, Solutions |
| 9 | M, 4/29 | Finish Relativistic Kinematics; Magnetic Moments |
From Purcell, Electricity and Magnetism:
[1] [2] | |
| 8 | F, 4/26 | Relativistic Kinematics |
Ch. 3 | |
| 7 | W, 4/24 | Finish #6, Relativity |
Ch. 3 | Problem Set 4: (gif,pdf) Due 5/1, Solutions |
| 6 | M, 4/22 | Gluons, Interquark attraction |
Ch. 2 | |
| * | W, 4/17 | CANCELLED, MAKEUP 4/26 |
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| 5 | M, 4/15 | Feynman, Antimatter, Branching Ratios, Exponential Decay. Tables from
PDG: D0,D+,
CKM |
Ch. 2 | Problem Set 3: (gif,pdf) Due 4/24, Solutions |
| 4 | W, 4/10 | Poisson, Feynman Diagrams |
Ch. 2 | |
| 3 | M, 4/8 | More Numbers, Sizes; Cross Sections.
| Ch. 2 | Problem Set 2: (gif,pdf) Due 4/17 |
| 2 | W, 4/3 | Numbers, Sizes |
Ch. 1 | |
| 1 | M, 4/1 | The New Periodic Tables
[1(gif) ,
2(gif)], Hadrons, SUSY |
Ch. 1 |
Problem Set 1: (gif,pdf) Due 4/10 |
