Objectives

• interpret Feynman diagrams for different reactions
• follow the derivation in the text for how to estimate the mass of the meson
• describe each of the elementary forces including their relative strength, mediating particle, rante and some manifestations
• state characteristics of each of the following classifications: fermions, bosons, leptons, hadrons, mesonds and baryons
• state the following conservation laws: baryon, lepton and strangeness
• define the following symmetries: parity, charge conjugation and time reversal
• follow the discussion of the text of the reason for the proposal of the charmed quark
• list the rules for combining colors of quarks
• explain quark confinement
• be familiar with the division of quarks and hadrons each into three simple generations of matter
• know the main ideas of the Standard Model, including which theories it combines
• explain the goal of a Grand Unified Theory and the predictions it makes
• be familiar with the operation of accelerators like synchrotrons, linear accelerators, fixed-target accelerators and colliders