Phys591-592 Advanced High Energy Physics I & II
An Introduction to High Energy Particle and Nuclear Physics
Pre-requisite: 1 year of non-relativistic Quantum
Mechanics
MW 10:30-11:45am GN131
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PHYS492/592 class
will meet on Wednesday January 16 10:30-11:45am in the Physics Conference Room
GN259
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Schedule updated
4/2/08.
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Chapter 11
homework solutions are posted.
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The first part of
Appendix A notes and slides are now posted. These cover the physics of
accelerators and detectors.
Course Resources
Schedule reading and homework dates
Handouts (password protected): lecture graphics, lecture notes, homework assignments and solutions, and additional materials.
PHENIX Detector: link to the articles published in Nuclear Instruments and Methods describing the PHENIX detector components (130 pp.)
NIM v499 Issues 2-3 pp. 235-880 (1 March 2003) Full RHIC NIM publication
High
Energy Physics Links
Particle and Nuclear Data
- Particle
Data Group - including the Review of Particle Properties
- Table of Physical
Constants
- Review
articles on various HEP topics
- National Nuclear
Data Tables (BNL)
- Energy
Levels of Light Nuclei (TUNL)
- Decay Data
(LBL)
Physics
News
- Physics
News Update- the AIP bulletin of physics news
- Particle
Physics Education Sites
- CERN Courier
- Symmetry - A publication
of Fermilab and SLAC
Physics Publications
- SPIRES - high energy physics
publications
- arXiv.org e-Print
archive - physics publications
Facilities
- Relativistic Heavy
Ion Collider the place to be
- Fermilab
Instructor: Prof. Gary Kyle
Office: Gardiner Hall GN352B
Office Hours: TBA
Phone: 505-646-1790
FAX: 505-646-1934
E-Mail: gkyle@nmsu.edu