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8.811 Particle Physics II, Fall 2002

Image of the elusive “Top Quark”.
Image of the elusive "Top Quark". (Photo courtesy of Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.)

Highlights of this Course

This course on High Energy Particle Physics features a description of a Final Term Paper. Students must write on the topic "How to establish a new important piece of Physics".

Course Description

8.811, Particle Physics II, is a survey of current research in High Energy Physics. Topics include electron-positron and proton-antiproton collisions; electroweak phenomena, heavy flavor physics, and high-precision tests of the Standard Model. Other topics include searches for new phenomena (compositeness, supersymmetry, and GUTs), discussion of our new experimental results (e.g. the Top Quark), and expectations from future accelerators (B factory, LHC).
Staff
Instructor:
Prof. Min Chen
Course Meeting Times
Lectures:
Two sessions / week
1.5 hours / session
Level
Graduate
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