Possible final grades are A,B,C,D,F. Grades are based on homework and a final project. Homework assignments, solutions, reading material and lecture notes will be posted on the web version of this syllabus (http://www.physics.uiowa.edu/~wpolyzou/phys5905/). (This can be accessed without DUO),
There will be short weekly homework assignments to familiarize students with the concepts. Students will grade their own assignments using the instructor's solutions as guidelines, subject to approval by the instructor All students will be expected to prepare and give a short presentation to the class on a related subject of their choosing.
Reading material, lectures, homework assignments and homework solutions will be supplied by the instructor and posted on the class web page. The use of ICON will be limited to a link to the course web page, (http://www.physics.uiowa.edu/~wpolyzou/phys5905/).
There are no formal pre-requisites for this class, but students should have a familiarity with quantum mechanics.
This is course on relativistic quantum mechanics of particles.
Relativistic quantum mechanics primarily used to model strongly
interacting systems and electroweak probes of strongly interacting
targets at energy scales were perturbation theory is not applicable.
Topics to be covered (depending on student interest) may include:
Policy on AI: I support the use of AI provided it is used as a learning tool.
Student Complaints:
Students with a complaint about the class or instructor should
first discuss the situation with the instructor, next
with the Director of Graduate Studies (Professor Allison Jaynes), and finally with the departmental DEO (Professor Greg Howes).
Accommodations for Students with Disabilities:
The University is committed to providing an educational experience that is accessible to all students. If a student has a diagnosed disability or other disabling condition that may impact the student's ability to complete the course requirements as stated in the syllabus, the student may seek accommodations through Student Disability Services (SDS). SDS is responsible for making Letters of Accommodation (LOA) available to the student. The student must provide an LOA to the instructor as early in the semester as possible, but requests not made at least two weeks prior to the scheduled activity for which an accommodation is sought may not be accommodated. The LOA will specify what reasonable course accommodations the student is eligible for and those the instructor should provide.