Part II Particle and Nuclear Physics

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David Ward and Christopher Lester

Lent and Easter Terms 2010

• Examples sheet
  • Errata for examples sheet
  • Appendices A, B - constants and particle properties (for use in examples)
  • Solutions ;handwritten; no guarantees of correctness or legibility ... 1-18 (nuclear physics) ... 19-41 (particle physics)
• Course Handouts
  • Section 1 : Matter and Forces
  • Section 2 : Basic Nuclear Properties
  • Section 3 : Nuclear Forces and Scattering
  • Section 4 : Nuclear Shell Model
  • Section 5 : Nuclear Decays
  • Section 6 : Fission and Fusion
  • Sections 7, 8 : The Standard Model and QED
  • Section 9, 10 : QCD and the Quark Model
  • Section 11 : The Weak Interaction
  • Section 12 : Electroweak Unification
  • Section 13 : The Standard Model and Beyond
  • Appendix C - Gamow factor
  • Appendices D and E
  • Appendices F and G
• Errata for handouts
• A collection of interesting (?) links to particle and nuclear physics on the web
• "Hunt the Higgs" particle physics playing card game