PHYS 463 - Particle Physics

Units: 3
The study of nature at the highest energies and shortest distances that we can probe in a laboratory. This course will give a general introduction to the elementary particles of the standard model, and the forces that govern them.

Prerequisites: MATH 210, and PHYS 126 or PHYS 137.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Course Typically Offered: Variable Intermittently

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

calculate cross sections for various processes using Feynman calculus;
determine allowed decays for various processes;
classify fundamental subatomic particles by their possible interactions;
explain how particles can be detected by exploiting their interactions with matter.