INTRODUCTION TO PARTICLE PHYSICS

PHYSICS 535

Course Description

Review of quantum physics; introduction to particles, antiparticles and fundamental interactions; detectors and accelerators; symmetries and conservation laws; electroweak and color interactions of quarks and leptons; unification theories.

Prerequisties

PHYSICS 448 or concurrent enrollment, PHYSICS 531 or concurrent enrollment, or graduate/professional or special student standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average

3.77

3.52% from Historical

Completion Rate

100%

1.17% from Historical

A Rate

63.64%

-1.7% from Historical

Class Size

8.09% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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