PHYS 485 - Introductory Particle Physics

★ 3 (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

Faculty of Science

Particles and forces; relativistic kinematics; symmetries and conservation laws; bound states, heavy flavours, and the quark model; Dirac equation and the electrodynamics of leptons; electrodynamics of quarks and the parton model; quantum chromodynamics and the strong interactions; weak interactions and electroweak unification. Prerequisites: PHYS 372; MATH 225 or 227, MATH 337 or equivalent. Recommended: PHYS 458 and PHYS 472.

No syllabi

Winter Term 2024

Lectures

Section Capacity Class times Instructor(s)
LECTURE B01
(13436)
43
2024-01-08 - 2024-04-12 (TR)
11:00 - 12:20
CCIS L1-029
Primary Instructor: Roger Moore

Winter Term 2025

PHYS 485 - Introductory Particle Physics
★ 3 (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

Particles and forces; relativistic kinematics; symmetries and conservation laws; bound states, heavy flavours, and the quark model; Dirac equation and the electrodynamics of leptons; electrodynamics of quarks and the parton model; quantum chromodynamics and the strong interactions; weak interactions and electroweak unification. Prerequisites: PHYS 372; MATH 225 or 227; MA PH 251 or MATH 337 or equivalent. Recommended: PHYS 458 and PHYS 472.


Lectures

Section Capacity Class times Instructor(s)
LECTURE B01
(73004)
43
2025-01-06 - 2025-04-09 (TR)
11:00 - 12:20
CCIS L1-029