PHY492 Nuclear and Elementary Particle Physics  - Spring 2000

Monday, Wednesday, Friday 
9:10 AM - 10:00 AM in 209 Physics/Astronomy Bldg.

http://www.pa.msu.edu/courses/PHY492/

 Instructor:  Thomas Glasmacher
Phone: 333-6418 or 5-9672x418
e-mail: glasmacher@pa.msu.edu
Office hours:  Wednesday 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
in W106 Cyclotron and by appointment

Class goal Topics covered include: Properties of nuclei, nuclear models, nuclear reactions. High-energy accelerators. Weak, electromagnetic and strong interactions.
Symmetries and conservation laws. Elementary particle spectrum, quarks, gluons. 
Prerequisites PHY 472
Textbook  W.S.C Williams, Nuclear and Particle Physics, Clarendon Press: Oxford, 1997
Resources needed

- Calculator
- Proficiency in using computer programs to plot functions
- Ability to write small computer programs

Homework bi-weekly, set 1
Quizzes bi-weekly
Exams

Midterm 1: February 09, 2000
Midterm 2: March 17, 2000
Final Exam: Thursday, May 04, 2000; 07:45 am - 09:45 am
Grading Midterm 1, Midterm 2, Final Exam, Quizzes, Homework count 20% each.

Updated January 20, 1999