Weak Scale Supersymmetry: From Superfields to Scattering EventsSupersymmetric models of particle physics predict new superpartner matter states for each particle in the Standard Model. These superpartners will have wide ranging implications, from cosmology to observations at high energy accelerators, such as CERN's LHC. In this 2006 text, the authors develop the basic concepts of supersymmetry and show how it can be incorporated into a theoretical framework for describing unified theories of elementary particles. They develop the technical tools of supersymmetry using four-component spinor notation familiar to high energy experimentalists and phenomenologists. The text takes the reader from an abstract formalism to a straightforward recipe for writing supersymmetric gauge theories of particle physics, and ultimately to the calculations necessary for practical applications at colliders and in cosmology. This is a comprehensive, practical and accessible introduction to supersymmetry for experimental and phenomenological particle physicists and graduate students. Exercises and worked examples that clarify the material are interspersed throughout. |
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Weak Scale Supersymmetry: From Superfields to Scattering Events Howard Baer,Xerxes Tata No preview available - 2006 |
Weak Scale Supersymmetry: From Superfields to Scattering Events Howard Baer,Xerxes Tata No preview available - 2012 |
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2m ğ E₁ a₁ B₁ B₂ branching fraction charged Higgs bosons chargino decay coefficients cos² cot ß decay ğ decay to neutralinos decay widths defined Emax fiv sine formula functions g² sin² gauge bosons given in Eq gluino decay goldstino gravitino Higgs exchange contributions higgsino iB½ interference contributions interference terms intra-generation mixing kinematically limits of integration log Z(m2 m² ² m² 2mğ m² m² m²)² m² m²½ m²¾ m²¾½ mī₁ mī₂ mỡ mw₁ mỹ mz₁ neutral Higgs bosons neutralino decays obtained partial width phase space Planck mass replacing sleptons SM fermion sneutrino sparticles squark mass squark mixing squarks to decay tan² 0w three-body decays Top quark two-body decays W₁ widths for decays YL,R Yukawa couplings µ²