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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451464003321

Autore

Binétruy P

Titolo

Supersymmetry [[electronic resource] ] : theory, experiment, and cosmology / / P. Binétruy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-280-75889-9

9786610758890

0-19-152325-9

1-4294-5988-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (533 p.)

Collana

Oxford Graduate Texts

Disciplina

539.7/25

Soggetti

Supersymmetry

Quantum theory

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1 The problems of the Standard Model; 2 The singular rôle of supersymmetry; 3 Basic supermultiplets; 4 The supersymmetry algebra and its representations; 5 The minimal supersymmetric model; 6 Supergravity; 7 Phenomenology of supersymmetric models: supersymmetry at the quantum level; 8 Dynamical breaking. Duality; 9 Supersymmetric grand unification; 10 An overview of string theory and string models; 11 Supersymmetry and the early Universe; 12 The challenges of supersymmetry; Appendix A: A review of the Standard Model and of various notions of quantum field theory

Appendix B: SpinorsAppendix C: Superfields; Appendix D: An introduction to cosmology; Appendix E: Renormalization group equations; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A general graduate level presentation of supersymmetry, a symmetry which plays a central role in the theory of elementary particles. Useful for graduate students who want to specialize in high energy experimental or theoretical physics, high energy astrophysics or cosmology. - ;This book describes the basic concepts of



supersymmetric theories. It is aimed at theorists, experimentalists and cosmologists interested in supersymmetry, and its content is correspondingly divided into three distinct tracks of study. The topics covered include a discussion of the motivation for supersymmetry in fundam