Week 03-04: Historical Introduction to the Elementary Particles - II.

Learning Outcomes:

This chapter is a kind of ‘yolk history” of elementary particle physics. Its purpose is to provide a sense of how the various particles were first discovered, and how they fit into the overall scheme of things. Along the way, some of the fundamental ideas that dominate elementary particle theory are explained. This material should be read quickly, as background to the rest of the book. (As history, the picture presented here is certainly misleading, for it sticks closely to the main track, ignoring the false starts and blind alleys that accompany the development of any science. That’s why I call it "folk" history it's the way particle physicists like to remember the subject-a succession of brilliant insights and heroic triumphs unmarred by foolish mistakes, confusion, and frustration. It wasn’t really quite so easy.)

 

Lesson Plan:

Lecture 01: Strange Particles (1947-1960)

Lecture 02: The Eightfold Way (1961-1964))

Lecture 03: The Quark Model (1964)

Lecture 04: The November Revolution and Its Aftermath (1974-1983)

Lecture 05: Intermediate Vector Bosons (1983)

Lecture 06: The Standard Model (1978-?)

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