Beyond the Standard Model

Authors

  • Benjamin Allanach Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 3BZ, United Kingdom

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23730/CYRSP-2017-005.123

Keywords:

Supersymmetry, extra dimensions, large hadron collider, effective field theories, gauge unification.

Abstract

We cover some current topics in Beyond the Standard Model phenomenology, with an emphasis on collider (particularly Large Hadron Collider) phenomenology. We begin with a review of the Standard Model and some un- resolved mysteries that it leaves. Then, we shall heuristically introduce supersymmetry, grand unified theories and extra dimensions as paradigms for expanding the Standard Model. The collider phenomenology of such models is too rich and complex to review, but we give some key examples of how the new states associated with the models might be inferred in Large Hadron Collider events. Before concluding, we finish with a brief description of a quantum field theory approximation that can be used in some cases to reduce model dependence: effective field theory.

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Published

2017-12-18