Schedule for Physics 450

Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics 

Department of Physics and Astronomy

University of New Mexico

Prof. Michael Gold

Spring 2021


Homework assignments are due at the start of the Tuesday lecture for the week listed. No late homework will be accepted

except in extreme circumstances where consent of the instructor has been obtained in advance.

Working Schdule


Week:

Chapter Lectures: Assignment:

1/18

3 (mon) no class   lec1.pdf  Relativistic Kinematics

1/25

1,2
Lec2.pdf Non Relativistic Scattering and Rutherford Cross Section
hw 1
hw1 solutions

2/1

4 Symmetries I  lec3.pdf
2.2,2.6,2.7,
3.21,3.25,3.26,3.27
hw2 solutions

2/8

  Symmetries II lec4.pdf
hw 3
4.9, 4.11, 4.12,4.17,4.19,4.20,4.21
hw3_solutions

2/15

5 Bound States I lec5.pdf hw 4 4.26, 4.27, 4.29, 4.31, 4.33, 4.35, 4.38
hw4 solutions

2/22

6 Feynman Calculus (toy theory) lec6.pdf hw 5 5.7,5.14,5.18 (proton only), 5.20 (proton only), 5.22
hw5_solutions

3/1

7 QED I lec7.pdf hw 6 6.1,6.6,6.7,6.8,6.10,6.12,6.13
 hw6_solutions

3/8

  QED II lec8.pdf

 test 1 -- Thursday, 3/11

3/15

  spring break

midterm solutions

    3/22
8 Parton Model I lec9.pdf

hw 7: chapter 7:1,4,5,8,9,11,13,14,16

term paper topic due

hw7 solutions

3/29

  Parton Model II lec10.pdf


hw 8: chapter 7: 18,23,24,26,28,29,31, 32, 37 38

 

4/5

9 QCD lec11.pdf
hw 9: chapter 8: 2,4,6,7,9 and prove 0<x<1

4/12

  QCD II lec12.pdf

4/19

10 Weak interactions I lec13.pdf hw8 solutions
hw 10: chapter 9: 1,2,6,13,15,18,20,23,31

4/26

  Weak interactions II lec14.pdf

5/3

  Special Topics
term paper due
5/10    finals week final exam May 11