PHYS8901
PHYS 8901 - Elementary Particle Physics I (3 Cr.)
School of Physics & Astronomy (11140)
TIOT - College of Science and Engineering
PHYS 8901 - Elementary Particle Physics I (3 Cr.)
Course description
Types of fundamental interactions. Exact and approximate symmetries and conservation laws. Gauge quanta: gluons, photons, W and Z bosons, gravitons. Fundamental fermions: leptons and quarks. Isotopic and flavor SU(3) symmetries of strong interaction. Heavy hadrons. Amplitudes and probabilities. Quantum chromodynamics.
prereq: 8001 or instr consent
prereq: 8001 or instr consent
Minimum credits
3
Maximum credits
3
Is this course repeatable?
No
Grading basis
OPT - Student Option
Lecture
Fulfills the writing intensive requirement?
No
Typically offered term(s)
Every Fall