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PHY-302 Nuclear and Particle Physics
(Spring, 2012 - Earl C. Swallow)

Links to Basic Course Documents and Resources:

EC Library
Course Schedule (PDF) 
Course "Ground Rules" Handout (PDF)
Conceptual Foundations of Newtonian Physics and Special Relativity (PDF)
Scientific Process Slides  [pdf]
Example (PDF file format) of a simple format for reference citation
Useful Constants and Conversion Factors (PDF)

Wikipedia is an easily accessible and very helpful initial source for information, ideas, etc.   However, citation of Wikipedia as a documentary source in a research paper is not usually appropriate or acceptable.  

Elmhurst College Maple Resources Web Page

Featured Players:
Einstein-Image and Impact: AIP History Center Exhibit.
The Nobel Prize
Enrico Fermi  (2)
Physicists on the Money
Carl Sagan
Richard Feynman Online!

Special Relativity: 
Einstein Nobel Prize -- Special Relativity  (1a)  (1b)  (2)  
Michelson-Morley Experiment (1881)  (1887)  (HyperPhysics) (Michael Richmond)  (Video1)  (Wikipedia)  (Michelson)  
Experimental basis of Special Relativity (Review) 
HyperPhysics Relativity Link Map 
Lorentz Treanformations (Wikipedia)  (Wikipedia-History)  (Simple Derivation due to Einstein)
Family Relativity check with atomic clocks -- Project GREAT 
Maxwell's equations do not obey Galilean relativity .   

Nuclear Physics: 
LBL Isotope Project 
Periodic Tablet (WebElements)   (Wikipedia)
Iodine-125  
Palladium-103  
Ionizing Radiation  (NRC-Protection)   (ANS Dose Chart)  (Visualizing Radiation Doses)
 

Elementary Particle (or High Energy) Physics: [Quarks, Leptons, and all that....]
Review of the Universe  WOW!  (Accelerators and Detectors)
Particles and Forces Flow chart
Quarks and Leptons Chart ("Periodic Table" for Particle Physics)
Four Forces Table 
HyperPhysics Particles Link Map 
Wikipedia:  Elementary Particles, List of Particles, Standard Model, Timeline of Particle Discoveries
Wikipedia:  CP Violation, Physics Beyond the Standard Model, Neutrinos
Graduate Particle Physics Course  University of Florida  (Detectors)
CERN-How a Detector Works  
CERN-Atlas Detector Construction  You Tube video
Particle Data Group Welcome Page - including the Review of Particle Physics
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Welcome Page
CERN Home Page
TRIUMF Home Page
Elementary-Particle Physics: Revealing the Secrets of Energy and Matter
An Introduction to Particle Physics
KTEV Home Page (our most recent Fermilab experiment)
CERN Experiments NA48/1 and NA48/2 (our most recent CERN experiments)
The Lopsided Universe - Matter and Antimatter 
Elmhurst College Physics at Fermilab 
MINOS Home Page 
The Neutrino Oscillation Industry
The Ultimate Neutrino Page
Solar Neutrinos

Nuclear and Particle Physics in the News
Preliminary Evidence for the Higgs boson
Five Very Difficult Frontier Experiments 
Suggestions of faster-than-light neutrinos generate excitement and skepticism (BBC News -02/23/2012) 

Scientific & Professional Societies:
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
American Physical Society (APS)
Institute of Physics (IOP)
National Academy of Sciences
New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS)
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society

Some Other Relevant and/or Interesting Links
The James Randi Educational Foundation Home Page
Physics Department faculty search Web Page
Elmhurst College Writing Center Home Page - help with term papers, etc. 
Some of my favorite Science and Society Links - includes many links related to pseudoscience.

More to come!

Rev. 04/29/2012. - - Comments and suggestions to Earl C. Swallow .