Notes

Informal notes and study guides I have written along the way. They are shared in the hope that they are useful — if you spot a typo or error, please let me know.

Unfolding

9 pages · PDF

An introduction to unfolding (deconvolution) for jet measurements: why detector effects such as tracking inefficiency, resolution, and acceptance gaps need to be corrected, how unfolding compares with forward-folding (smearing), and the Bayesian (iterative) and SVD unfolding methods available in RooUnfold.

JetsDetector correctionsStatisticsRooUnfold

Advanced Classical Mechanics

24 pages · PDF · December 2018

A study guide compiled for the final exam of the Advanced Classical Mechanics course at Yale University, covering Newtonian and Lagrangian dynamics, the two-body central-force problem, special relativity, and Hamiltonian dynamics and transformation theory. Feel free to use and share it; corrections are always welcome.

Graduate courseworkStudy guide

Quantum Mechanics I

19 pages · PDF · December 2018

Study notes for a first graduate course in quantum mechanics: the mathematical framework (vector spaces, Dirac notation, operators, and the eigenvalue problem), the postulates, one-dimensional problems from the free particle and square wells to the harmonic oscillator, the Heisenberg uncertainty relations, multi-particle systems and identical particles, and symmetries and their consequences.

Graduate courseworkStudy guide