Physics
Particle Physics
Part of Particle Physics, level 7. About 52 hours of study across the topics below.
Standard Model Structure
- Fundamental Particlesquarks, leptons, gauge bosons, Higgs; generations6.5–12 h
- Forces & Mediatorselectromagnetic, weak, strong, gravity; coupling constants6.5–12 h
- Symmetries & Conservation Lawsdiscrete symmetries C, P, T; additive conservation laws6.5–12 h
Tools & Dynamics
- Feynman Diagrams Introvertices, propagators, amplitudes, kinematics6.5–12 h
- Scattering & Cross Sectionsdecay rates, kinematics, experimental signatures6.5–12 h
- Electroweak Theoryunification, W/Z bosons, Higgs mechanism intro6.5–12 h
- Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) Introcolor charge, confinement, asymptotic freedom6.5–12 h
- Beyond the Standard Modelneutrino masses, dark matter candidates, supersymmetry intro, open problems6.5–12 h