8.701  Introduction to Nuclear & Particle Physics

Course Description

This is a introductory graduate level course pursuing the understanding of the constituents of nature and their interactions on the most fundamental level, with an emphasis on the experimental establishment of the leading models, and the theoretical tools and experimental apparatus used to establish them.

Assignments and Grading Policy

Homework will be made available weekly on Thursdays, to be turned in in roughly 10 days, and will make up 50% of the grade. The other 50% will be for the one final at the end of the course.

Textbooks

• Required (recommended) course textbook:

  Title:	Author:
  Quarks and Leptons	F. Halzen and A. D. Martin
  Introduction to Nuclear Physics	S.M. Wong
  Introduction to Elementary Particles	D. Griffith
  Particles and Nuclei: An Introduction to the Physical Concepts	B. Povh et al.

• Other useful literature:

  Title:	Author:
  Modern Quantum Mechanics	J.J. Sakurai

• Texts for Accelerators and Detectors

  Title:	Author:	Publisher	ISBN:
  The Physics of Particle Accelerators: An Introduction	Klaus Wille, Jason McFall (Translator)	Clarendon (May 2001)	0-198505493
  Introduction to Experimental Particle Physics	Richard Fernow	Cambridge University Press	0-521-37940-7 (paperback)
  Techniques for Nuclear and Particle Physics Experiments	W.R. Leo	Springer-Verlag	0-387-17386-2

Useful Links

• American Physics Society Journals
• Annual Review of Nuclear Particle and Science
• SPIRES
• Preprint archive
• Particle Data Group
• Lunds Nuclear Data Service
• Lunds Nuclear Structure and Decay Data
• Isotope project homepage
• Durham HEP Database
• High-Energy Physics Laboratories