Course Number: Phys 6250
Course Name: Physics of Strong Interactions
Credits: 3 Cr
Instructor: Not offered AY2025-26
PreReq: Credit in Phys 6810
Course Description
One semester graduate student course on the Physics of Strong Interactions. Typically Offered: Fall or Spring.
Topics covered include:
- The Quark model
- Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD)
- Perturbation methods for QCD
- Effective field theories for pions and nucleons
- Finite temperature field theories
- Quark-gluon plasma
- Phase transitions in QCD