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Particle Physics
RESEARCH
12 units

Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD)

Color SU(3), non-Abelian gauge fields, gluon self-interaction, running coupling, confinement, partons, lattice QCD, chiral symmetry, jets, and effective theories.

12 units18 hoursRESEARCH
Open student course

Published syllabus

Course Units

Unit 1
90 min

Color charge and SU(3)

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 2
90 min

Non-Abelian gauge fields

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 3
90 min

Gluons and self-interaction

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 4
90 min

Quark fields and flavor

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 5
90 min

Running coupling and asymptotic freedom

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 6
90 min

Confinement and hadron spectra

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 7
90 min

Parton model

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 8
90 min

Deep inelastic scattering

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 9
90 min

Lattice QCD basics

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 10
90 min

Chiral symmetry and pions

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 11
90 min

Jets and collider observables

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 12
90 min

QCD effective field theories

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD).

Course notes
3 objectives