PHYSICS 126
Elementary Particle Physics
Physics · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Introduction to physics of elementary particles. The four basic interactions: strong, electromagnetic, weak, and gravitational. Properties of baryons, mesons, quarks, and leptons; conservation laws, symmetries and broken symmetries; the Standard Model; experimental techniques; new physics at the new accelerators.
P/NP or letter grading.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: courses 1A, 1B, and 1C (or 1AH, 1BH, and 1CH), Mathematics 32B, 33A, 33B. Corequisite: course 115C.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
needs reviewconfidence 0.75 · from text- · parenthetical alternative "(or 1AH, 1BH, and 1CH)" in "1C (or 1AH, 1BH, and 1CH)" — scope is a best reading
BruinTree reads · Corequisite
confidence 1.00 · from textRequires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
PHYSICS 126
- PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
PHYSICS 126
- PHYSICS 128Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.