course dates credits
Supersymmetry I Jan 8 - Feb 13 5
teachers schedule term
Matteo Bertolini 8:30 - 10:00 2

Program:

1. Supersymmetry: a bird's eye view

  • What is supersymmetry?
  • What is supersymmetry useful for?

    2. The Supersymmetry algebra
  • Lorentz and Poincare' groups
  • Spinors and representations of the Lorentz group
  • The supersymmetry algebra

    3. Representations of the Supersymmetry algebra
  • Massless supermultiplets
  • Massive supermultiplets
  • Representation on fields: a first try

    4. Superspace and Superfields
  • Superspace as a coset
  • Superfields as fields in superspace
  • Supersymmetric invariant actions - general philosophy
  • Chiral superfields
  • Real superfields
  • Current superfields

    5. Supersymmetric actions: minimal supersymmetry
  • N=1 Matter actions
  • N=1 SuperYang-Mills
  • N=1 Gauge-Matter actions

    6. Theories with extended supersymmetry
  • N=2 supersymmetric actions
  • N=4 supersymmetric actions
  • Non-renormalization theorems

    7. Spontaneous supersymmetry breaking
  • Vacua in supersymmetric theories
  • The goldstone theorem and the goldstino
  • F-term breaking
  • Pseudomoduli space: quantum corrections
  • D-term breaking
  • Indirect criteria for supersymmetry breaking

    8. Supersymmetric extensions of the Standard Model
  • Towards dynamical supersymmetry breaking
  • The Supertrace mass formula
  • Beyond MSSM
  • Spurions, soft terms and the messenger paradigm
  • Gauge and gravity mediation: basics

    Prerequisites:

    • Differential Geometry and Group Theory
    • Quantum Field Theory I
    • The Standard Model of particle physics

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