Particle Physics (MP466)

Booklist and topics for the course.

Lecture notes for MP466.

A list of currently known fundamental particles, and some of their properties.
A handout on Special Relativity and Lorentz transformations.
The truncated tetrahedron of of charmed spin-1/2 baryons.
The tetrahedron of of charmed spin-3/2 baryons.
The cubeoctahedron of of charmed spin-0 mesons.
A handout on angular momentum addition rules in quantum mechanics.
A handout on Fourier transforms.
A flow diagram to help deciding whether or not a decay or an interaction is allowed by conservation laws.
Another flow diagram to help in deciding whether and allowed process is strong, electromagnetic or weak.

Problem sheet for MP466.