Phenomenology of the minimal supersymmetric extention of the Standard Model (MSSM)

Spezialvorlesungen for the winter semester 2010/11

Dr. Stefan Berge

Time

Wed. 14:15 - 15:45 Uhr
Do. 10:15 - 11:45 Uhr

First lecture on Wednesday, October 27th, 14:15 Uhr

Place

Newton-Raum (01-122, Staudingerweg 9)

  Literature

The course is aimed at advanced pre-diploma, diploma, and graduate students specialising in elementary particle physics. The course will be taught in German or English and will consist of 28 lectures.
The following topics will be covered:
  1. Review of the Standard Model (SM)
  2. Structur of the minimal supersymmetric extention of the SM (MSSM)
  3. Feynman Rules
  4. Constraint MSSM
  5. Limitations of the MSSM
  6. Phenomenology of the MSSM at the LHC
  7. Phenomenology of the MSSM at Linear Colliders

Literature

[1] S. Martin, A Supersymmetry primer, arXiv:hep-ph/9709356
[2] "ABC of Susy" arxiv 0905.4630
[3] http://www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de/~hebecker/BSM/bsm.html
[4] Manuel Drees, Rohini Godbole and Probir Roy,
     "Theory and Phenomenology of Sparticles"
[5] I.J.R. Aitchison: Supersymmetry and the MSSM hep-ph/0505105
[6] http://www.stringwiki.org/wiki/Supersymmetry_and_Supergravity
[7] H. Haber, G. Kane: The Search for Supersymmetry:
     Probing Physics Beyond the Standard Model,
     Physics Reports 117 (1985) 76-263
[8] Feynman rules including fermion number violation: www.feynarts.de