PHYS 5260: Particle and Nuclear Physics
Credits: 4. Contact Hours: Lecture 4.
Prereq: Graduate Standing or Permission of Instructor
Basic properties and structures of nuclei, hadrons, and elementary particles; weak and strong interactions; the Standard Model; accelerators and detectors; nuclear models; nuclear decay and stability; nuclear astrophysics; the Higgs mechanism; the CKM matrix; running coupling constants; relativistic heavy-ion collisions; selected topics beyond the standard model such as SUSY and grand unification. Previous or current coursework equivalent to PHYS 4810 (Quantum Mechanics II) is necessary for success in this course.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)