Course Number: Phys 6370 and Phys 6380
Course Name: Elementary Particle Physics I and II
Credits: Both 3 Cr
Instructor: Not offered AY 2025-26
PreReq Phys 6370: Credit in Phys 5260 and Phys 5920 Phys 6380: Credit in Phys 6370
Course Descriptions
Two-semester sequence that covers the fundamentals of Elementary Particle Physics I and II. Typically offered Fall or Spring.
Topics covered may include:
- Properties of leptons, bosons, and quarks and their interactions
- Quantum Chromodynamics
- Glashow-Weinberg-Salam model
- Grand unification theories
- Supersymmetry
- Modern theoretical techniques
- Tests of the Standard Model
- Superstring Theory