Francis Halzen

Contact Information

Office Phone Number:
608-262-2667
Cell Number:
608-513-9815
Fax Number:
608-262-8628

Work Address

University of Wisconsin-Madison
222 West Washington Avenue
Suite 500
Madison, WI 53703
UNITED STATES

Department of Physics: 608-262-2667
IceCube Project: 608-890-0541
E-mail Address: halzen@icecube.wisc.edu

Francis Halzen

Particle Astrophysics Class Notes

  • Week 1 - Review of Cosmology:
    • Notes 1: (DOC)
    • Notes 2: (PDF)
    • Notes 3: (PDF)
    • Notes 4: (PDF)
  • Week 2 - Dark Matter:
    • Notes 1: (PDF)
    • Notes 2: (PPT)
    • Notes 3: (PPT)
  • Week 3 - Late Evolution of Stars:
    • Notes 1: (PDF)
  • Week 4 - Chandrasekhar Mass, Supernova Explosions, Cosmic Rays, Shock Acceleration:
    • Notes 1: (PDF)
    • Notes 2: (PDF)
  • Week 5 - Energetics of Cosmic Rays:
    • Notes 1: (PDF)
    • Notes 2: (PDF)
  • Week 6 - Electromagnetic and Hadronic Showers:
    • Notes 1: (PDF)
  • Weeks 7 to 10 - A Note on Diffusion:
    • Notes 1: (PDF)
  • Weeks 7 to 10 - Electromagnetic Processes and Non-Thermal Sources of Gamma Rays:
    • Notes 2: (PDF)
  • Weeks 11 and 12 - High-Energy Neutrinos:
    • Notes 1: (PDF)
    • Notes 2: (PDF)
    • Notes 3: (PDF)
    • Notes 4: (PDF)
    • Notes 5: (PDF)
  • Weeks 13 and 14 - Atmospheric and Solar Neutrino Oscillations:
    • Notes 1: (PDF)
    • Notes 2: (PDF)
    • Notes 3: (PDF)
    • Notes 4: (PDF)
    • Notes 5: (PDF)