General Information

Time and place:
13.-17. February 2006, each day at 14 s.t. - 17
INF 227 SR 2.402 (Kirchhoff-Institut)

The course will be given in English if there is a demand for it, otherwise in German.

The course will be continued (Theory of the Standard Model of Particle Physics II) in the following semester in the week 24.-28. April 2006.

The two courses together are suitable for an exam (for example "Wahlfach" for diploma exam). I will not be available for exams, but several other faculty members are available for exams on these lectures. Please contact me directly if you plan to choose this course for an exam.

Contents

Relativistic Quantum Mechanics
Relativistic Quantum Fields
Gauge Fields and the Standard Model, Electroweak Interactions
Renormalization

The course will include an introduction to relativistic quantum field theory but with emphasis on applications rather than formal details.

Topics of Part II of the course (in summer semester 2006) will be:
Quantum Chromodynamics, CP Violation, Neutrino Physics, Physics Beyond the Standard Model

Prerequisites

Good knowledge of quantum mechanics and special relativity is expected, a knowledge of at least the basics of quantum field theory would be helpful. Here are Revision Notes covering the essential material needed for the course.

Course Material

Lecture notes will be made available in the library (Philosophenweg 16). For testing your understanding of the lectures you can try to work out some Examples.

Revision Notes

Examples

Recommended Books

• Gauge Theories in Particle Physics (now as 2 volumes), I J R Aitchison and A J G Hey (Institute of Publishing)

• Elementary Particle Physics: Concepts and Phenomena, O Nachtmann (Springer)

• Introduction to Quantum Field Theory, M E Peskin and D V Schroeder (Addison-Wesley)

  This is a more advanced book, for those planning to continue in particle physics.

For the historical development of particle physics see

• Jenseits der Nanowelt, H G Dosch (Springer)

• Inward Bound, A Pais (Oxford University Press)