Modern Supersymmetry

Dynamics and Duality
Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-19-856763-9
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 132, 340 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 724 g

Reihe: International Series of Monographs on Physics

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.

Zielgruppe

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Terning, John

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Hochenergiephysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Radioaktivität
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Teilchenphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astrophysik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Populärwissenschaftliche Werke
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Kosmologie, Urknalltheorie

Über Autor(innen)

John Terning
Associate Professor of Physics
Department of Physics
University of California
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616-8677

Associate Professor of Physics, University of California, Davis
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship: Apr. 96
Superconducting Super Collider Fellowship: Sept. 92 - Aug. 93
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postdoctoral Fellowship: Sept. 90 - Aug. 92
Ph.D. in Physics, University of Toronto, advisor: Professor Bob Holdom, 1985-1990.
M.Sc. in Physics, University of Toronto, advisor: Professor Bob Holdom, 1984-1985.
B.Sc. in Physics, University of Alberta, 1980-1984.