Physics 140: Particle Physics

The google drive folder for this class.
Primary text: Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics, 2nd Ed., by David Griffiths. Amazon's version

Exam 2 will be Mon, Nov 14. It will cover Ch 4 sections 1-3, and section 6.1. There are worksheets ranging from 10/3-10/31 that are fair game, and I think I have all the textbook problems listed in the calendar section.

Here is a list of topics and problems assigned from Griffiths unless otherwise noted.

Date	Text	Topic	Problems assigned
11/14	Ch 4, 6	Exam 2
11/7	Ch 4, 6	Review, Cover Sheet for Exam 2
11/9	6.3	Feynman Rules for a Toy Theory	Ch 6: 11-13
11/7	6.2	Two body scattering	Ch 6: 5, 7, 8, 9
11/4	6.2	The Golden Rule for Scattering
11/2	6.2	The Golden Rule for Decays
10/31	App A	Dirac Delta Fn and Heaviside Step Fn	App A: 1, 3, 6, 7
10/28	6.1	cross sections
10/26	6.1	Decay rates
10/24
10/19	4.3-4	Isospin and Parity	Ch 4: 18, 24, 33, 37a
10/17	4.2	Spin	Finish today's worksheet
10/14	4.2.1	Addition of Ang Momenta	Ch 4: 10, 11, 12, 14
10/12	4.2	Raising and lowering ops, eigenvalues of $\hat L^2$ and $\hat L_z$	In class, we did the raising operator, repeat our derivation for the lowering operator
10/10	4.1	Symmetries	Ch 4: 3
10/7	4.1	Matrix Review
10/5	4.1	Rotations and angular momentum
10/3	4.1	Matrix Review
9/30	Ch 1-3	Discussed Exam 1
9/28	Ch 1-3	Exam 1
9/26	Ch 1-3	Review
9/23		Relativistic energy and collisions	Finish the worksheet, research your topic	Ch 3: 15, 16
9/21	3.3-4	Relativistic E and p	Ch 3: 13, 14, 17
9/19	3.3	Relativistic velocity	Finish the worksheet, research your topic
9/16	3.2	4-vectors
9/14	3.1	Special Relativity Review Problems
9/12
9/9
9/7
9/5
9/2
8/31
8/29	Intro	Introduction