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Supersymmetry represents the culmination of the search for fundamental

symmetries that has dominated particle physics for 50 years. Traditionally, the

constituents of matter (fermions) were regarded as different from the particles

(bosons) transmitting the forces between them. In supersymmetry, fermions and

bosons are unified. Intended for graduate students in particle physics, and

researchers in experimental and phenomenological supersymmetry, this is the

first textbook to provide a simple introduction to a previously formidably

technical field. Its elementary, practical treatment brings readers to the

frontier of contemporary research, in particular the experiments at the Large

Hadron Collider. Theories are constructed through an intuitive 'trial and error'

approach. Basic elements of spinor formalism and superfields are introduced,

allowing readers to access more advanced treatments. Emphasis is placed on

physical understanding, and on detailed derivations of important steps. Many

short exercises are included, making for a valuable and accessible self-study

tool.



Table Of Contents

Preface page ix

Acknowledgements xiii

1 Introduction and motivation 1

2 Spinors:Weyl, Dirac and Majorana 16

3 Introduction to supersymmetry and the MSSM 41

4 The supersymmetry algebra and supermultiplets 50

5 TheWess–Zumino model 70

6 Superfields 88

7 Vector (or gauge) supermultiplets 106

8 The MSSM 120

9 SUSY breaking 137

10 The Higgs sector and electroweak symmetry breaking in the MSSM 154

11 Sparticle masses in the MSSM 173

12 Some simple tree-level calculations in the MSSM 185

References 214

Index 219



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* ISBN: 0521880238

* ISBN-13: 9780521880237

* Format: Hardcover, 222pp

* Publisher: Cambridge University Press

* Pub. Date: September 2007



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