Physics beyond the Standard Model
Winter term 2013/2014
Prof. Dr. M. Klasen
Course information
Lecture | Mo., Wed. 8:15 - 9:45 | TP 304 |
Exercises | Wed. 14:00 - 15:30 | KP 403 |
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This entire course can be held in English (on demand).
The Standard Model of elementary particle physics agrees remarkably well with the current experimental data, but nevertheless it leaves many open questions unsolved. Important examples of such open questions are the origin of electroweak symmetry breaking, the masses of particles, the explanation of dark matter and also the existence of a grand unified theory unifying all interactions. This course is an introduction into theories which can give answers to some of these open questions. After a short theoretical review of the Standard Model and after a review of its experimental tests, the course introduces supersymmetry and extra dimensions as extensions of the standard model. The focus is on phenomenology i.e. on the search for new particles and interactions at colliders and in astroparticle physics.
References:
- P.D.B. Collins, A.D. Martin, E.J. Squires: Particle Physics and Cosmology. J. Wiley & Sons, New York, 1989.
- D. Kazakov, S. Lavignac, J. Dalibard: Particle Physics beyond the Standard Model. Elsevier, 2006.
Other useful references will be given during the lecture.