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Particle Physics Lectures http://courses.washington.edu/phys55x/ 1.Physics 557 I)	General introduction and overview (tools and words) Sizes, units and Standard Model vocabulary Introduction to Cosmology Relativistic notation and kinematics Introduction to group theory and symmetries Collisions, cross-sections, decay widths and more kinematics A brief history of accelerators, detectors and experiments II)	Introduction to the Standard Model Quantum numbers Introduction to the particles ? leptons, nucleons and pions (and quarks) Strangeness, resonances and flavor SU(3) Excitations and Regge Behavior Heavier flavors and quarks Introduction to field theory and QED Local gauge symmetries: QED, SU(2) and QCD 1.1.Introduction http://courses.washington.edu/phys55x/phys557_lec1.htm Units and Sizes http://courses.washington.edu/phys55x/phys557_lec2.htm Short course in Cosmology http://courses.washington.edu/phys55x/Physics%20557_lec3.htm Relativistic Notation and Kinematics http://courses.washington.edu/phys55x/Physics%20557_lec4.pdf Introduction to Group Theory http://courses.washington.edu/phys55x/Physics%20557_lec5.pdf Appendix: Antisymmetric Structure Constants http://courses.washington.edu/phys55x/Physics%20557_lec5%20App.htm Collisions, Scattering and more Kinematics http://courses.washington.edu/phys55x/Physics%20557_lec4.pdf R http://courses.washington.edu/phys55x/Physics%20557_lec4.pdf R http://courses.washington.edu/phys55x/Physics%20557_lec4.pdf R http://courses.washington.edu/phys55x/Physics%20557_lec4.pdf

Physics 558 I)	Continued introduction to and overview of the Standard Model More about gauge theories and group theory Introduction to Supersymmetry Introduction to QCD and renormalized couplings QED, Feynman rules and cross sections II)	Electro-Weak Interactions and Symmetries The effective theory of the weak interactions Symmetry breaking The Standard Model of the Electro-Weak Interactions The Feynman rules of the E-W interactions, decay rates and cross sections Neutrinos, masses and mixing 1.2.Introduction http://courses.washington.edu/phys55x/phys557_lec1.htm

Physics 559 I)	The neutral kaon system Introduction Flavor oscillations and CP violation The neutral B system II)	The Strong Interactions The Quark/Parton Model The QCD Improved Parton Model ? Asymptotic Freedom, Infrared Slavery and renormalization The QCD Improved Parton Model ? Parton distributions, parton fragmentation and Perturbative QCD Nonperturbative QCD and the structure of the vacuum III)	Beyond the Standard Model Grand Unification Super Symmetry Technicolor String theory Extra spatial dimensions 1.3.Introduction http://courses.washington.edu/phys55x/phys557_lec1.htm Extra Material 1.4.Booklist http://courses.washington.edu/phys55x/booklis2002.htm