College Bulletin 2014-2015 
    
    May 18, 2024  
College Bulletin 2014-2015 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PHYS 131. Particle Physics


A study of the ultimate constituents of matter and the nature of the interactions between them. Topics include relativistic wave equations, symmetries and group theory, Feynman calculus, quantum electrodynamics, quarks, gluons, and quantum chromodynamics, weak interactions, gauge theories, the Higgs particle, and some of the ideas behind lattice gauge calculations.
Prerequisites: PHYS 113  (may be taken concurrently).
1 credit.
Not offered 2014-2015.
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Physics and Astronomy 


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