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

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