University of California, Berkeley


Physics 226: Particle Physics Phenomenology
Fall 2010  
Instructor: Yury Kolomensky

Syllabus

Week Dates Topic Materials Homework Solutions
1 8/26 Introduction Notes HW1 Solutions
2 8/31 Accelerators Notes, Handouts: (1), (2) HW2 Solutions
9/2 Interactions of Particles with Matter, Detectors Notes, Handouts: (1), (2), (3)
3 9/7 Elements of Statistics Notes, Handouts: Probability, Statistics, Monte Carlo HW3  
9/9
4 9/14 Symmetries and Conservation Laws   HW4 Solutions
9/16
5 9/21 Electrodynamics   HW5 Solutions
9/23
6 9/28 Feynman Calculus      
9/30
7 10/5 Particle Decays, Angular Structure J.Richman's Guide HW6 Solutions
10/7
8 10/12 Strong Interactions and Hadron Structure Handouts: QCD, Altarelli-Parisi    
10/14
9 10/19 Structure Functions Notes, Handouts: Structure Functions HW7  
10/21
10 10/26 Weak Interactions      
10/28
11 11/2 Electroweak Theory, Standard Model Higgs Notes,PDG, C.Prescott: history of PV measurements HW8  
11/4
12 11/9 Electroweak Theory, Standard Model      
11/11
13 11/16 Present Experimental Program: Flavor Physics Notes    
11/18
14 11/23 Present Experimental Program: Neutrino Physics Notes    
15 11/30 Electroweak Measurements Notes HW9  
12/2 Beyond the Standard Model Notes