Supersymmetry in particle physics : an elementary introduction /

Supersymmetry in particle physics : an elementary introduction /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Aitchison, Ian Johnston Rhind, 1936-
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2007.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 222 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Supersymmetry. Supersymmetry. Electronic book. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11814076

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ISBN:	9780511352867 0511352867 9780511354601 0511354606 9780511649356 0511649355 9780511354021 0511354029 9780511619250 0511619251 9780521880237 0521880238
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	The first textbook to provide a simple, practical introduction to supersymmetry for graduates and researchers.
Other form:	Print version: Aitchison, Ian Johnston Rhind, 1936- Supersymmetry in particle physics. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007 9780521880237

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction and motivation
2. Spinors: Weyl, Dirac and Majorana
3. A simple supersymmetric Lagrangian, and a first glance at the MSSM
4. The supersymmetry algebra and supermultiplets
5. The Wess-Zumino model
6. Superfields
7. Vector (or gauge) supermultiplets
8. The MSSM
9. SUSY breaking
10. The Higgs sector and electroweak symmetry breaking in the MSSM
11. Sparticle masses in the MSSM
12. Some simple tree-level calculations in the MSSM
References
Index