Particle Physics

PH3520, Autumn term, 2009

 

  Royal Holloway, University of London


Lectures by Glen Cowan and Stewart Boogert, discussion sessions by Matthew Tamsett

Time and place: The class meets Tuesdays 2-3 and Thursdays 11-1 in T125. Usually (not always) Tuesday is a problem class, Thursdays are lectures.

Syllabus: Some general information and a: course outline

Lecture notes: Lecture notes will be distributed in class. These contain essentially all of the material you are responsible for on the exam.

Problem sheets: Problem sheets are a vital part of this course and will form 10% of the course mark. They should be handed in by the announced time and date in the boxes across from the departmental office.

  • Problem sheet 1, due 5:00 pm, Thursday 8 October, 2009.
  • Problem sheet 2 (labeled 4)
  • Problem sheet 3, due 9:00 a.m., Friday, 30 October, 2009.
  • Problem sheet 4, due 9:00 a.m., Friday, 6 November, 2009.
  • Problem sheet 5, due 9:00 a.m., Friday, 13 November, 2009.
  • Problem sheet 6, due 9:00 a.m., Friday, 20 November, 2009.
  • Problem sheet 7, due 9:00 a.m., Friday, 27 November, 2009 (extended to Tuesday 1 Dec. 09).
  • Problem sheet 8, due 10:00 a.m., Tuesday 8 December, 2009.
  • Some interesting links:

  • The BaBar experiment at SLAC.
  • The Fermilab home page and live events from the CDF and DZero detectors.
  • Information on the ATLAS experiment at CERN.

  • Glen Cowan