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Supersymmetry: Structure and Phenomena. Extensions of the Standard Model

By Nir Polonsky

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2001
ISBN
3540424423
Open Library ID
OL9826808M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
1 MB (1437988 bytes)
Series
Lecture Notes in Physics Monographs
Edition
1
Pages
161\161
Library
kolxoz
DPI
400
Scanned
yes
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

The book is a fairly non-technical introduction to modern supersymmetry phenomenology, approaching the subject in new and unique ways. It is suitable both for theorists and experimentalists, and emphasizes an intuitive grasp of the subject. Theoretical and experimental motivations, and the status and prospects of low-energy supersymmetry are discussed. It is shown by explicit construction that the stabilization of any perturbative theory which contains fundamental scalar bosons naturally leads to the notion of supersymmetry. The minimal supersymmetric extension of the standard model is then pedagogically defined and its experimental status is summarized. Renormalization of the models, including unification, is discussed and the linkage between high and low energies is demonstrated, providing a potential probe of Planck-scale physics such as unified theories. Besides a host of other phenomena, Higgs physics is discussed and the Higgs mass is shown to provide a crucial test of nearly all supersymmetric theories.

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