Einführung in die Supersymmetrie / Introduction to Supersymmetry

Dr. Florian Staub, Prof. Dr. Dieter Zeppenfeld

• Mo, 09:45 - 11:15, 30.22 Physik-Hörsaal Nr. 4 (Kl. HS B)
• Mo, 13:00 - 13:45, 30.23 Seminarraum 2/1

• First lecture: Mo, 16.04.2018
• The crash course in Lie groups. QFT and SM will be finished next Monday (07.05.18). We will finally start after ~20-30mins with Supersymmetry
• Unfortunately, the lectures today (14.05.) are cancelled due to illness
• There are no SUSY lectures on Monday, 16.07.18; i.e. the last lecture of the term is on Monday, 09.07.18.

Introduction to Supersymmetry (last update: 07.07.2018)

If you find mistakes in the script, please send a mail to florian.staub@kit.edu

1. Motivation
2. Reminders:
   • Lie Groups
   • Quantum Field Theory: Field Equations & Lagrangian, gauge theories, spontaneous symmetry breaking
   • Standard Model: gauge sector, Higgs sector, Yukawa sector, Electroweak symmetry breaking
3. SUSY Formalities
   • SUSY Transformations
   • Chiral and Vector Superfields
   • Superpotential and Lagrangian
   • SUSY Breaking
4. The MSSM
   • Particle Content
   • Superpotential
   • Gauge Coupling Unification and GUT models
   • Gauge and Mass Eigenstates
   • Higgs sector
   • Dark Matter
5. Searches for Supersymmetry
   • Collider searches
   • Flavour observables
6. Non-minimal SUSY models (if there is time…)

• bilinear R-parity violation
• Gauge Mediated Supersymmetry breaking
• Dirac Gauginos
• The Gravitino
• Vacuum Stability in the MSSM

1. Basics: Quantum Field Theory and Standard Model
   • Michio Kaku: Quantum field theory – A modern introduction
   • Michael E. Peskin, Daniel V. Schroeder : An Introduction To Quantum Field Theory
   • Okun Lev Borisovich: Leptons And Quarks
2. Supersymmetry
   • Stephen P. Martin: A Supersymmetry Primer, https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9709356
   • Manuel Drees, Rohini Godbole, Probir Roy: Theory And Phenomenology Of Sparticles