Syllabus for Supersymmetry
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(Physics 246A, UC Davis, Spring 2019)
- Introduction to SUSY
- Unreasonable Effectiveness of the Standard Model
- SUSY Algebra
- SUSY Representations
- Wess-Zumino Model
- Superpotentials
- Superspace
- SUSY Gauge Theories
- couplings, beta functions
- flat directions
- Super-Higgs mechanism
- Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model
- construction
- soft SUSY breaking
- electroweak symmetry breaking
- FCNC's, CP
- mu problem
- "more minimal" model
- signatures
- SUSY Breaking
- gravity and gauge mediation
- dynamical models
- Gauge Mediation
- Messengers of SUSY breaking
- RG calculation of soft masses
- Gauge mediation and the mu problem
- "Supersymmetry and Supergravity," by J. Wess and J. Bagger
- A supersymmetry primer by S. Martin
- Compendium of relations for Pauli, Dirac, Gell-Mann, etc. matrices
- Exercise 1 due April 11
- Exercise 2 due April 18
- Exercise 3 due April 25
- Exercise 4 due May 2
- Exercise 5 due May 9
- Exercise 6 due May 16
- Exercise 7 due May 23
- Exercise 8 due may 30
- Slides for Chapter 1 Introduction to supersymmetry
- Slides for Chapter 2 SUSY Lagrangians
- Slides for Chapter 3 SUSY gauge theories
- Slides for Chapter 4 The minimal supersymmetric standard model
- Slides for Chapter 5 SUSY breaking and the MSSM
- Slides for Chapter 6 Gauge mediation
- Lecture 1: The unreasonable effectiveness of the Standard Model and Intro to SUSY
- Lecture 2: Group Theory and Extended Supersymmetry
- Lecture 3: Extended Supersymmetry, BPS, Free Wess-Zumino Model
- Lecture 4: Supercurrents and Charges
- Lecture 5: Superpotentials and Gauge Interactions
- Lecture 6: Superspace
- Lecture 7: Softly Broken SUSY,SUSY QCD and Beta Functions
- Lecture 8: D-term Beta Function and one-loop mass corrections
- Lecture 9: The Classical Moduli Space
- Lecture 10: The MSSM
- Lecture 11: Electroweak Symmetry Breaking
- Lecture 12: Sparticle Spectrum
- Lecture 13: Dark Matter
- Lecture 14: GUTS, Radiative EWSB
- Lecture 15: EWSB at One-loop
- Lecture 16: Problems with Flavor and CP
- Lecture 17: Spontaneous SUSY Breaking
- Lecture 18: Goldstinos
- Lecture 19: Gauge Mediation
Location: 185 Phys
Time: T 2-3:30pm, R 2:30-4:00pm
Lecturer: John Terning
Office: 435
Office Hours: R 11:00-11:50 am
Grader: ?
Web Page: /teaching/246/
Course Outline
Grading will be based on regular reading assignments, problem sets, and a take home final. The grade breakdown will be 15% on reading assignments, 55% on problems sets, and 30% on the final exam
Textbook:
Modern Supersymmetry: Dynamics and Duality
Slides: adapted from textbook
Additional Reading
Reading assignments will be available on Canvas
Exam
- Exam due June 9, at noon
Problem Sets
Note 15 % will be deducted per day late for all problem sets, please make arrangements with the grader to hand in late problem sets.
Slides
Lecture Notes
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