Lecturer: Prof. Alexander Mitov

Term: Michaelmas 2026

First lecture: 12 Oct 2026

Lectures: Mon, Wed, Fri @ 12:15am (Lecture Theatre, RDC)

Link to the Teaching Information System webpage

 

Information about example classes

There will be four sessions, starting the week of November 2. Please note that all students need to sign up for one of the available classes. The relevant information has been provided by email.

Lecture Handouts

1. H1: Introduction
2. H2: The Dirac Equation
3. H3: Interaction by Particle Exchange and QED
4. H4: Electron-Positron Annihilation
5. H5: Electron-Proton Elastic Scattering
6. H6: Deep Inelastic Scattering
7. H7: Symmetries and the Quark Model
8. H8: Quantum Chromodynamics
9. H9: The Weak Interaction and V−A
10. H10: Leptonic Weak Interactions and Neutrino Deep Inelastic Scattering
11. H11: Neutrino Oscillations

 

• Full set of Appendices (non-examinable material)

 

Examples sheets

• Example sheet
• Solutions

 

Past tripos papers with worked solutions

1. 2017 (solutions)
2. 2016 (solutions)
3. 2015 (solutions)
4. 2014 (solutions)
5. 2013 (solutions)

Books

This course is based on the book “Modern Particle Physics” by Prof. Mark Thomson