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Welcome to Particle Physics

A blurb from the Quarks Unbound from the American Physical Society
Were barely aware that they are there, but the elementary particles of matter explain much of what we take for granted every day. Because of gluons binding the atomic nucleus, matter is stable and doesnt crumble. Because of gravitons, our feet stay firmly planted on the ground. We see because our eyes react to photons of light.
Particle Physics explains the ordinary, and delights us with tales of the extraordinary. Antimatter annihilates matter. Virtual particles blink in and out of existence in the vacuum of space. Neutrinos zip through the Earth untouched. Particle Physics doesnt stop at the unusual either. It contemplates the cosmic too, exploring the origins of the universe and the symmetries that frame its design.

Aims of Particle Physics

1. To understand nature at its most fundamental level. 2. What are the smallest pieces of matter, and how do they make up the large scale structures that we see today ?

3. How and why do these fundamental particles interact the way that they do? 4. Understand the fundamental forces in nature.

In this course, my aim is to introduce you to nature at its most fundamental level
Some of the concepts you will encounter may not agree with your intuition, others will I strongly encourage you to ask questions in class. It will help you, your classmates, and me!

Before we can get to this, we will first spend some time on some basics, and then well get to the meat later on.

Sizes and Powers of 10

In describing nature, objects vary dramatically in size. The solar system is about 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 times larger than an atom, for example Scientific notation ! You should become comfortable with seeing scientific notation, in the context of relative sizes of objects. Useful Web Sites which allow you to step through the powers of 10 are at:

http://cern.web.cern.ch/CERN/Microcosm/P10/english/P0.html
http://www.wordwizz.com/pwrsof10.htm http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/

Powers of 10
10 101
Positive Powers

100 10 x10 101 x101 102

1000 10 x10 x10 10 x10 x10 10
1 1 1 3

1 1 0.1 1 101 10 10
Negative Powers

1 1 1 1 2 0.01 x 2 10 100 10 10 10 1 1 1 1 1 0.001 x x 3 103 1000 10 10 10 10

100 = 1

0 Power

Scientific Notation
12500 = 1.25 x 10000 = 1.25 x (10 x 10 x 10 x 10) = 1.25 x 104

1.25x10?

1.2500 12500.0

Move decimal 4 places to right

0.00367 = 3.67 x 0.001 = 3.67 x (.1 x .1 x .1) = 3.67 x 10-3

3.67x10?

0.00367 3.67

Move decimal 3 places to left

The earth has a circumference of about 25,000 miles. How is this expressed in scientific notation? A) 2.5x103 B) 25x104 C) 2.5x104 D) None of these The sun has a radius of 695 million meters. How is this expressed in scientific notation? A) 695x105 B) 6.95x108 C) 6.95x109 D) 6.95x106

Multiplying powers of 10
The circumference of the earth is about 4x107 [m]. If I were to travel around the earth 3x102 times, how many [m] will I have gone? A) 7.0x109 B) 1.2x1010 C) 1.0x1015 D) 7.0x1015 (4x107) x (3x102) = (4x3) x (107x102) = 12x10(7+2) = 12x109 = (1.2x10) x109 = 1.2x1010 A bullet takes 10-3 seconds to go 1 [m]. How many seconds will it take for it to go 30 [m]? A) 3.0x10-1 B) 3.0x10-2 C) 4.0x10-2 D) 4.0x10-1 (1x10-3) x (3x101) = (1x3) x (10-3x101) = 3x10(-3+1) = 3x10-2

Dividing Powers of 10
A gas truck contains 4.6x103 gallons of fuel which is to be distributed equally among 2.0x104 cars. How many gallons of fuel does each car get? A) 2.3x101 B) 2.3x10-1 C) 23 D) 2.3

4.6 x10 4.6 10 (3 4) 1 * 4 2.3x10 2.3 x10 4 2.0 x10 2.0 10

The area of the U.S is about 3.6x106 [miles], and the population is about 300x106. On average, what is the population density in persons per square mile? A) 1.2x102 B) 1.2x10-1 C)1.2x10-3 D)1.2x10-2

3.6 x106 3.6 106 (6 8) 2 * 1.2 x 10 1.2 x 10 8 8 3.0 x10 3.0 10

Common Prefixes
Commonly used prefixes indicating powers of 10
103 = kilo 106 = mega 109 = giga 1012 = tera

10-3 = milli 10-6 = micro 10-9 = nano 10-12 = pico 10-15 = femto

How many times larger is a kilometer than a micrometer ? A) 1,000 B) 1,000,000 C) 1,000,000,000 D) 1x10-9 1 km = 103 m and there are 106 micrometers in a meter, so there are 109 (or 1 billion) micrometers in 1 km How many 100 W bulbs can be kept lit with 100 Tera-Watts? A) 1.0x107 B) 1.0x109 C) 1.0x1012 D)1.0x1013

Common Conversions
Length: Mass: Speed: 2.54 [cm] = 1 [inch] 1 [kg] = 2.2 [lbs] 1 [m/sec] = 2.25 [mi/hr]

How many meters are there in a centimeter? A) 100 B) 0.01 C) 1000 D) 0.001

How many inches in 1 kg ? A) 2.54 B) 25.4 C) less than 25 D) None of these

Units
Joe asks Rob About how much does your car weigh ? Joe answers About 1.5 Is Joes answer correct or incorrect?

Physical quantities have units !!!!!!!!

All physical quantities have units, and they must be used. One exception is if you are talking only about a pure number. For example: How many seats are in this classroom? I will often use brackets to indicate units: 1 kilogram == 1 [kg]

Variables/Symbols
It is often more convenient to represent a number using a letter. For example, the speed of light is 3x108 [m/sec]. To avoid having to write this every time, we simply use the letter c which represents this value. That is c = 3x108 [m/sec].

We might use the expression, the particle is moving at 0.1c. This should be interpreted as The particle is moving at 1/10th of the speed of light. We will often use letters to represent constants or variables, so you must become comfortable with this.

Proportionality
What do we mean when we say: Quantity A is proportional to quantity B

This means the following: 1) If we double B, then A also doubles. 2) If we triple B, then A also triples. 3) If we halve B, then A also halves.
This is often written as: A a B The circumference of a circle, C, is proportional to the radius, R. If the radius is increased by a factor of 10, what happens to the circumference? It increases by a factor of 10

Proportionality Exercises
Consider this 1 cm square
l What is its area? Area = base * height = l*l = l2 = (1 cm )2 = 1 cm2

Whats the area of this square?

2l

l l

Area = base * height = 2l*2l = 4l2 = 4(1 cm )2 = 4 cm2

If we double the length of the side, we quadruple the area?

Proportionality Exercises (cont)

The area of a circle is proportional to the radius squared. What happens to the area of a circle if the radius is doubled? Radius = 2 cm Radius = 4 cm

A=pr2
A=p(22) = 4p A=p(42) = 16p

Since A a r2, (A=pr2) doubling the radius quadruples the area !

Inverse Proportionality
What do we mean when we say a quantity V is inversely proportional to another quantity, say d. V a (1/d) It means: If we double d, then V is reduced by a factor of 2 If we quadruple d, then V is reduced by a factor of 4.

Why?
We know that Vd a (1/d) If we double d, then d (2*d), so V2d a [1/(2d)] = (1/2) (1/d) = (1/2) Vd. In the same way, show that V4d = (1/4) Vd

Exercises
The force of gravity is known to be inversely proportional to the square of the separation between two objects. What happens to the force between two objects when the distance is tripled? A) B) C) D) Increases by a factor of 6 Decreases by a a factor of 8 Decreases by a factor of 9 Decreases by a factor of 6

The electric force between two charges is also known to be inversely proportional to the square of the separation. What happens to the force if the distance is reduced by a factor of 10. A) B) C) D) Increases by a factor of 10 Increases by a a factor of 100 Decreases by a factor of 10 Decreases by a factor of 100

Algebra
If a car is going 20 [mi/hr] for 4 [hrs], how far does the car go? A) 80 [mi] B) 5 [mi] C) 20 [mi] D) none of these What did you do to arrive at this result?

You multiplied the speed (20 [mi/hr]) by the time (4 [hrs]).

So, to get the distance, you did this:

distance = velocity * time

d = v*t

Algebra (cont)
If a biker goes 20 [mi] in 2 [hrs], what is the bikers average speed ? A) 20 [mi/hr] B) 5 [mi/hr] C) 10 [mi/hr] D) 40 [mi/hr] What did you do to arrive at this result? You divided the distance (20 [mi]) by the time (2 [hrs]). That is, you reasoned: average velocity = distance / time

v=d/t
Is this equation and the previous one expressing different relationships among the variables v, d and t?

Algebra (cont)
NO!
d=v*t
and

v=d/t

Are expressing the same relationship. The variables are just shuffled around a bit!

To cast the first form into the second: Multiply both sides by (1/t): The factor of t * (1/t) = 1, so And, (1/t)*d = d/t,

Or, just switching sides

d=v*t (1/t)* d = v * t *(1/t) (1/t)* d = v d/t=v v=d/t

An important example
Einsteins famous Energy-mass relation:

E = m c2
Can be rearranged to read:

m = E / c2
Note that the units of mass can also be expressed in units of Energy / (speed)2 (Well come back to this point later)

Summary
For this module, you should be comfortable with:

1. Using and manipulating powers of 10 (division, multiplication).

2. Understanding what proportional to and inversely proportional to mean. 3. Simple conversion of units, if you are given the conversion factors. (e.g. [in.] to [cm], [cm] to [m]., etc)

4. Basic algebra and manipulating equations such as, E=mc2, c=fl , E=hf , etc.
5. Understanding prefixes, such as Giga, Tera, Mega, etc.