Quantum chromodynamics

Particle Physics 2: Standard Model (Winter, 2010)

Lecture Playlist

  1. Particles fields and forces

  2. Quantum chromodynamics

  3. Group theory – part 1

  4. Group theory – part 2

  5. Gauge fields and symmetry

  6. The weak interaction

  7. Spontaneous symmetry breaking and Goldstone bosons

  8. The Higgs field

  9. The Higgs field and fermions

  10. Renormalization and the running of coupling constants

January 18, 2010

Isospin is introduced by analogy to spin. Color is introduced as a solution for the existence of delta particles (uuu), which would otherwise have all quarks in the same state - illegal for fermions. Gluons properties are describe by analogy to quark antiquark pairs.

Topics: 
  • The mathematics of spin
  • Isospin
  • Color, quarks, and gluons