Prerequisites: graduate standing; consent of instructor

Description: Covers recent research in determining the quark masses and weak mixing angles through the properties of the Yukawa mass matrices at scales higher than the Standard Model scale. Topics include texture zeroes and their possible origin, renormalization group equations, and the role of the condensate mechanism. Students who present a seminar or submit a paper receive a letter grade; other students receive a Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) grade. Course is repeatable. Desai