Modern Supersymmetry

Dynamics and Duality

John Terning - Collection International Series of Monographs on Physics

336 pages, parution le 15/01/2006

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The book begins with a brief review of supersymmetry, and the construction of the minimal supersymmetric standard model and approaches to supersymmetry breaking. General non-perturbative methods are also reviewed leading to the development of holomorphy and the Affleck-Dine-Seiberg superpotential as powerful tools for analysing supersymmetric theories. Seiberg duality is discussed in detail, with many example applications provided, with special attention paid to its use in understanding dynamical supersymmetry breaking. The Seiberg-Witten theory of monopoles is introduced through the analysis of simpler N=1 analogues. Superconformal field theories are described along with the most recent development known as "a-maximization". Supergravity theories are examined in 4, 10, and 11 dimensions, allowing for a discussion of anomaly and gaugino mediation, and setting the stage for the anti-de Sitter/conformal field theory correspondence. This book is unique in containing an overview of the important developments in supersymmetry since the publication of "Supersymmetry and Supergravity" by Wess and Bagger. It also strives to cover topics that are of interest to both formal and phenomenological theorists.

Readership: Graduate students and researchers in physics, cosmology, and mathematics.

Sommaire

Introduction to Supersymmetry
SUSY Lagrangians
SUSY Gauge Theories
The Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model
SUSY Breaking and the MSSM
Gauge Mediation
Nonperturbative Results
Holomorphy
The Affleck-Dine-Seiberg Superpotential
Seiberg Duality for SUSY QCD
More Seiberg Duality
Dynamical SUSY breaking
The Seiberg-Witten Theory
Superconformal Field Theories
Supergravity
Anomaly and Guagino Mediation
Introduction to the Ads/CFT Correspondence
A Spinors and Pauli Matrices
B Group Theory

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Éditeur(s)	Oxford University Press
Auteur(s)	John Terning
Collection	International Series of Monographs on Physics
Parution	15/01/2006
Nb. de pages	336
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	715g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780198567639
ISBN13	978-0-19-856763-9