Section 626001   (Fall 2007)

Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics

Introductory course in Modern Elementary Particle Physics is intended
to those preparing for the research in nuclear and particle physics fields. 
Intended primarily for the experimentalists, it might be also useful for the
theoretical physics students. Presently most of experimentally observed facts  
in particle and high-energy physics are well described by the "Standard Model" 
theory. This SM will be discussed in the course together with growing experimental 
evidence and theoretical ideas  for the new physics beyond the SM. Second part 
of the course, P627 to be taught in Spring 2008, will be devoted to the experimental 
and computational methoods in nuclear and particle physics.

Recommended textbooks:

• Gordon Kane, "Modern Elementary Particle Physics" (Updated Edition, Addison-Wesley, 1993) to find the book click here
• Particle Data Group: "Review of Particle Physics", Physics Letters B 592 (2004)  1-1109  [PDG]
• W.N. Cottingham and D.A. Greenwood, " An Introduction to the Standard Model", Cambridge University Press; 2 edition (March 12, 2007)  here
  

Additional useful textbooks:

• L. Landau and M. Lifshitz: Course of Theoretical Physics: Mechanics(1), Field Theory(2), Quantum Mechanics(3), Relativistic Quantum Field Theory(4).
• Cliff Burgess and Guy Moore, "The Standard Model: A Primer", Cambridge University Press (2007)  here
  
• Francis Halzen and Alan D. Martin, "Quarks and Leptons", An Introductory Course in Modern Particle Physics, (JohnWiley & Sons, 1984)
• Donald H. Perkins, "Introduction to HEP", 4th edition (Cambridge University Press, 2000)
• Chris Quigg, "Gauge Theories of the Strong, Weak, and Electromagnetic Interactions", Frontiers in Physics.
• Lev B. Okun, " Leptons and Quarks" (North-Holland Publishing Co., 1982)
• Lev B. Okun, " Particle Physics, The Quest for the Substance of Substance", Harwood Academic Publishers (1985)

Many other books:

• Emmanuel A. Paschos, "Electroweak Theory", Cambridge University Press; (2007) , here
  
• Abraham Seiden, "Particle Physics. A Comprehensive Introduction", Addison Wesley,  2005
  
• Byron P. Roe, "Particle Physics at the New Millennium",  Springer, 1996
• F. Boehm and P. Vogel, "Physics of Massive Neutrinos", Cambridge University Press, 1992 (Second Edition)
• B. Kayser et al., The Physics of Massive Neutrinos", World Scientific, 1989
• and many many more ...
  

Internet resources:

• http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/hep/
• http://xxx.lanl.gov/
• http://www.lib.utk.edu/
  
• http://pdg.lbl.gov
• http://superstringtheory.com/
  
• Fermilab Academic Lectures
• Appendix to quantum field theory
  
• http://www.fnal.gov/, http://www.slac.stanford.edu/, http://www.bnl.gov/, http://www.lbl.gov/
• http://www.cern.ch/, http://www.desy.de/, http://www.kek.jp, http://www.jinr.ru
  
• http://www-spires.slac.stanford.edu/FIND/spires.html
• http://public.web.cern.ch/public/
• The Neutrino Oscillation Industry
• Long-Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Newsletters
• Neutrino Unbound
• National Nuclear Data Center
• The Isotopes Project Home Page
• Particles at Georgia State
• Units of Measutrements
  

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