Particle Physics

This semester at Sapienza University of Rome, I have the Particle Physics course, taught by Professor Shahram Rahatlou.

For anyone familiar with the field, Professor Rahatlou’s approach is both rigorous and insightful. You can find the official course page here and the comprehensive repository of lecture materials and code on his GitHub.

While the official materials are excellent, I’ve always believed that the best way to truly internalize the Standard Model, Symmetries, and Cross-section calculations is to rewrite and synthesize them into a personal format.

What I’m Sharing Here

In this section of my blog, I am sharing my personal lecture notes and supplementary derivations from this course. These notes are my attempt to:

• Bridge the gap between complex theoretical Lagrangians and their experimental signatures.
• Provide step-by-step walkthroughs of calculations that sometimes feel “too obvious” in textbooks but are tricky for me in practice.
• Organize the information provided in class into a searchable, digital format.

A Note on Collaboration

Since these are personal notes, they are a “work in progress.” If you are a fellow student in the class or a researcher passing by and you spot a typo in a LaTeX formula or a conceptual misunderstanding, please let me know! Science is a collective effort, and I’d love to hear your perspective.

I hope these notes help you as much as the process of writing them is helping me.

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