Learn · Particle Physics and the Standard Model
Lecture 27 of 60Week 6 Spinors and gauge invariance
Lec 27 Spinors: round 2
Prof. Nirmal Raj · IISc Bangalore
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- Lec 01 Introduction to the course
- Lec 02 Field content and symmetries
- Lec 03 Stability of particles vs symmetry
- Lec 04 Parity
- Lec 05 Parity violation
- Lec 06 Charge conjugation
- Lec 07 CP and CPT symmetries
- Lec 08 CP violation in weak forces
- Lec 09 CP violation and time reversal
- Lec 10 Special lecture: Feynman diagrams
- Lec 11 More Feynman diagrams
- Lec 12 Spin & statistics
- Lec 13 “Spinors”: round 1
- Lec 14 Introduction to group theory.
- Lec 15 Isospin
- Lec 16 Consequences of isospin
- Lec 17 Continuous groups
- Lec 18 Introduction to quantum field theory
- Lec 19 Action principle
- Lec 20 Spin-0 fields: zero-point energy
- Lec 21 Cosmological constant problem
- Lec 22 Spin-1 fields
- Lec 23 Proca Lagrangian
- Lec 24 Maxwell Lagrangian
- Lec 25 Spin-1/2 fields: Dirac Lagrangian
- Lec 26 Lorentz group
- Lec 27 Spinors: round 2
- Lec 28 Gauge invariance & QED
- Lec 29 Non-abelian gauges
- Lec 30 Asymptotic freedom
- Lec 31 Standard Model field content
- Lec 32 The Higgs field
- Lec 33 Breaking symmetry: round 1
- Lec 34 Breaking symmetry: round 2
- Lec 35 Goldstone’s theorem
- Lec 36 Higgs mechanism
- Lec 37 CKM matrix
- Lec 38 CKM parameterisation
- Lec 39 Weak CP violation.
- Lec 40 FCNCs and PMNS matrix
- Lec 41 Unitarity triangles
- Lec 42 Neutrino oscillations
- Lec 43 Oscillation length
- Lec 44 Atmospheric neutrinos
- Lec 45 Solar neutrinos and matter effects
- Lec 46 Neutrino mass ordering
- Lec 47 Neutrino experiments
- Lec 48 Particle collider configurations
- Lec 49 Cross section
- Lec 50 Deriving 2-to-2 cross section
- Lec 51 Centre-of-momentum frame cross section
- Lec 52 Particle decay
- Lec 53 Proton decay
- Lec 54 Dimensionality of time and particle decay
- Lec 55 Scattering without QFT
- Lec 56 Forward-backward asymmetry
- Lec 57 Deep inelastic scattering
- Lec 58 Quark parton model, summary of course
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