Elementary Particle Physics:

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Symmetries

and the Quark Model

theory and experiments

Prof. dr hab. Elżbieta Richter-Wąs

Follow the course/slides from M. A. Thomson lectures at Cambridge University

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Introduction/Aims

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Symmetries and Conservation Laws

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Symmetries in Particle Physics: Isospin

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Flavour Symmetry of the Strong Interaction

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Properties of Isospin

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Combining Quarks

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Combining Spin

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Bayron Wave-functions (ud)

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Anti-quarks and Mesons (u and d)

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Light ud Mesons

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SU(3) Flavour

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Quarks and anti-quarks in SU(3) Flavour

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SU(3) Ladder Operators

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Light (uds) Mesons

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Combining uds Quarks to form Baryons

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Baryon Decuplet

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Baryon Octed

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Summary

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Appendix

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