Introduction to Particle Physics (Part I)

Overview, Key Words, TRANSPARENCIES, Literature
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1. Introduction
   1. Elementary Particles: Definition
      From crystal to quarks (pdf, 100kB)
   2. Building Blocks: Leptons, Quarks, Masses
   3. Messenger Particles and Interactions
   4. Connection to Cosmology
2. Theoretical Tools
   1. Natural Units
      1. Planck Scales
      2. Planck Units
      3. Heaviside Lorentz Units
   2. Four-Vectors
   3. Mandelstam Variables
   4. Feyman Diagrams
   5. Lorentz Transformations
3. Particle Collisions
   1. Accelerators
   2. Fixed target .vs. collider kinematics
   3. Cross-Sections
      1. Classical
      2. Fermis Golden Rule
   4. Luminosity
4. Detectors
   1. Particle Interactions
      1. Ionisation
      2. Radiation and Electromagn. Showers
      3. Photon Showers
      4. Cerencov Radiation
   2. Particle Detection
      1. Tracking
      2. Calorimetry
      3. Particle Identification
5. Quantum Electrodynamics
   1. Equations of Motion
      1. Klein-Gordon Equation
      2. Dirac Equation
      3. Dirac Matrices and Lorentz Invariants
   2. Crossing
      1. Compton Scattering
      2. Pair Creation
   3. Chirality
      1. Chirality and Helicity
      2. Chirality Conservation
      3. Electron Positron Annihilation to Fermion Pairs
   4. Higher Order Processes
      1. Renormalization
      2. Running Coupling Parameter
      3. Electron Anomalous Magnetic Moment
      4. Lamb Shift
6. Weak Interactions
   1. Fermi Theory
      1. Parity Violation
      2. Charged Weak V-A Current
   2. Weak Decays
      1. Muon Decays
      2. Nucleon Decay
      3. (Pion Decay)
   3. The Electroweak 'Standard Model'
      1. Local Gauge Invariance
      2. The Gauge Groups SU(2)_LÄU(1)_Y
      3. The Electroweak Mixing
      4. Features and Shortcomings
   4. The Higgs Mechanism
   1. Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking
   2. The Masses of the Gauge Bosons
   3. The Fermion Masses