hey min!! technically-speaking, i passed my particles class last year (physics undergrad) but i feel like i've forgotten just about everything (wtf is a CKM matrix again!?) :( as the resident particles guy (gender neutral) (tm), do you have any recs on recs on ressources/textbooks/particular funky overview/seminal papers i should read to remember? (we got from rutherford to roughly all the way up to QCD and higgs mechanism if that helps with the scope)
wtf is a CKM Matrix indeed...
i mainly relied on my lecture notes for particle physics ngl. i didnt even know we had a prescribed textbook until p late into the class oops. BUT, as the resident particle guy of course i have plenty of resources on particle physics.
I'm going to start with general undergrad level resources:
G.L. Kane, Modern Elementary Particle Physics: this was the nominal textbook for my undergrad particle physics class
D.J. Griffiths, Introduction to Elementary Particles: not the biggest fan of this one but it does the job for a lot of people so ill put it in
buttttt if you're interested in learning QFT, a lot more stuff becomes accessible. i would say the following textbooks are more suited for a standard model class than an intro to particle physics, but i can't tell the difference these days... getting too qftpilled i fear
QFT-Pilled Standard-Model-Maxxing:
T.P. Cheng and L.F. Li, Gauge Theories of Elementary Particle Physics: by the recommendation of a prof i have at my masters institution
D. Bailin and A. Love, Introduction to Gauge Theories: ive been introduced to these guys from their susy/string theory book but i think this one is p good too!
M. Schwartz, QFT & The Standard Model: i think this is such a great modern textbook for qft and the such. however, i am a traditionalist…
M. Peskin & D. Schroeder, Introduction to Quantum Field Theory: emotional support qft textbook
there are many online resources i rely on heavily for research and review. i cannot finish this post without giving them a shout out!
When you feel like clicking stuff and keep clicking stuff:
Particle Data Group: navigating the site is such a nightmare, but this is where the latest measurements of every particle physics ever. also includes great reviews for specific particle physics topics!
TASI Lectures: now these are more advanced topics, but a great resource if you have something specific you want to go into more detail
David Tong's Lecture Notes: how can i be a theoretical physics student without mentioning these!
CERN Document Server: there’s just so much to say about this so I’m just linking the whole thing so you can look around and see what’s useful (so many lectures, tutorials, papers)
i might have gone overboard with the resources! idk how technical we wanna get. so here's a peace offering:
And for the iPad kid, perhaps a video with their lunch?
PBS Spacetime, The Fundamental Forces & The Standard Model: comfort vids when i feel like throttling my subfield, but really well put together
Fermilab's Don Lincoln: can't finish a particle physics post without mentioning fermilab!
Veritasium, Your Mass is NOT from the Higgs Boson: oldie but goodie
im working on a separate post for the seminal papers in particle physics, so keep an eye out for that! sorry for not including that in this :// but i needed to split this up bc it was taking longer than expected to compile the papers (i keep thinking of new ones to add!)
of course, if there's a specific topic you're curious about, im happy to answer your questions to the best of my ability and point you in the direction of more resources!
apologies for taking so long to get to ur ask! finals have been going on forever :((( i just had my standard model final so writing this up was a great treat for me!
