Properties of leptons, quarks and hadrons. The fundamental interactions, conservation laws, invariance principles and quantum numbers. Resonances in hadron-hadron interactions. Three body phase space. Dalitz plots. Quark model of hadrons, mass formulae. Weak interactions, parity violation, decay of neutral kaons, CP violation, Cabibbo theory. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 4707 or permission of the Department.Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as PHYS 5602, for which additional credit is precluded.Lectures three hours a week.
