PP0 · Foundations
A 17-module path through pp0 · foundations, in study order from foundations to the frontier.
Modules
- The Standard Model overview
- The particle zoo
- The fundamental forces
- Antiparticles & the CPT picture
- Natural units
- Four-vectors & index notation
- Relativistic kinematics
- Mandelstam variables
- Centre-of-mass & lab frames
- Non-relativistic QM review
- Fermi's golden rule
- Lorentz-invariant phase space
- Relativistic wavefunction normalisation
- Particle decay rates
- Resonances & the Breit-Wigner shape
- Interaction cross sections
- Differential cross sections