Particle physics

Content generated from the OpenLearn Unit Particle physics.

Contents:

Session 00

• 1  Particle physics in context
• 2  Leptons
• 3  Quarks
• 4  Hadrons
  • 4.1 Building a hadron
• 5  High-energy reactions
  • Question
  • Answer
  • Question
  • Answer
  • Question
• 6  Strong interactions
  • 6.1  Gluons
  • 6.2  Quantum chromodynamics
• 7  Beta-decay at the level of quarks and leptons
  • Question
  • Answer
  • Question
  • Answer
• 8  Weak interactions
  • 8.1 W and Z bosons
  • 8.2 The survival of the neutron
• Conclusion

Session 01

• Glossary