| Weeks | Topics |
| 1 |
Historical review
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| 2 |
The four fources, Quantum electrodynamics, Quantum chromodynamics
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| 3 |
Weak interactions, Decays and conservation laws, Unification schemes
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| 4 |
Lorentz transformations, Four-vectors, Energy and momentum, Collisions, Examples and applications
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| 5 |
Symmetries, groups, and conservation laws, Spin and orbital angular momentum
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| 6 |
Addition of angular momenta, Spin ½, Flavor symmetries, Parity
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| 7 |
Charge conjugation, CP violation, Time reversal and the TCP theorem
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| 8 |
Midterm
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| 9 |
The Schrödinger equation for a central potential, The Hydrogen atom, Fine structure
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| 10 |
The Lamb shift, Hyperfine structure, Positronium, Quarkonium
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| 11 |
Light quark mesons, Baryons, Baryon masses and magnetic moments
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| 12 |
Lifetimes and cross sections, The golden rule
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| 13 |
The Feynman rules for a toy theory, Lifetime of the A
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| 14 |
Scattering, Higher-order diagrams
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