preface
the standard model
1.1 gauge invariance
1.2 spontaneous symmetry breaking
1.3 brief review of the standard model
2 what lies beyond the standard model?
2.1 scalar fields and quadratic divergences
2.2 why is the tev scale special?
2.3 what could the new physics be?
3 the wess-zumino model
3.1 the wess-zumino lagrangian
3.2 quantization of the wz model
3.3 interactions in the wz model
3.4 cancellation of quadratic divergences
3.5 soft supersymmetry breaking

preface
the standard model
1.1 gauge invariance
1.2 spontaneous symmetry breaking
1.3 brief review of the standard model
2 what lies beyond the standard model?
2.1 scalar fields and quadratic divergences
2.2 why is the tev scale special?
2.3 what could the new physics be?
3 the wess-zumino model
3.1 the wess-zumino lagrangian
3.2 quantization of the wz model
3.3 interactions in the wz model
3.4 cancellation of quadratic divergences
3.5 soft supersymmetry breaking
the supersymmetry algebra
4.1 rotations
4.2 the lorentz group
4.3 the poincar6 group
4.4 the supersymmetry algebra
5 superfieid formalism
5.1 superfields
5.2 representations of symmetry generators: a recap
5.3 representation of susy generators as differentialoperators
5.4 useful 0 identities
5.5 susy transformations of superfields
5.6 irreducible susy multiplets
5.7 products of superfields
5.8 supercovariant derivatives
5.9 lagrangians for chiral scalar superfields
5.10 the action as an integral over superspace
6 supersymmetric gauge theories
6.1 gauge transformations of superfields
6.2 the wess-zumino gauge
6.3 the curl superfield in the wess-zumino gauge
6.4 construction of gauge kinetic terms
6.5 coupling chiral scalar to gauge superfields
7 supersymmetry breaking
7.1 susy breaking by elementary fields
7.2 f-type susy breaking: the o'raifeartaigh model
7.3 d-type susy breaking
7.4 composite goldstinos
7.5 gaugino condensation
7.6 goldstino interactions
7.7 a mass sum rule
7.8 explicit supersymmetry breaking
7.9 a technical aside: ys-dependent fermion mass matrices
8 the minimal supersymlnetric standard model
8.1 constructing the mssm
8.2 electroweak symmetry breaking
8.3 particle masses in the mssm
8.4 interactions in the mssm
8.5 radiative corrections
8.6 should the goldstino be part of the mssm?
9 implications of the mssm
9.1 low energy constraints on the mssm
9.2 renormalization group equations
9.3 constraints from b → sy decay
9.4 bs → μ+μ- decay
9.5 muon anomalous magnetic moment
9.6 cosmological implications
9.7 neutrino masses
10 local supersymmetry
10.1 review of general relativity
10.2 local supersymmetry implies (super)gravity
10.3 the supergravity lagrangian
10.4 local supersymmetry breaking
11 realistic supersymmetric models
11.1 gravity-mediated supersymmetry breaking
11.2 anomaly-mediated susy breaking
11.3 gauge-mediated susy breaking
11.4 gaugino-mediated susy breaking
11.5 an afterword
12 sparticle production at colliders
12.1 sparticle production at hadron colliders
12.2 sparticle production at e+e- colliders
13 sparticle decays
13.1 decay of the gluino
13.2 squark decays
13.3 slepton decays
13.4 chargino decays
13.5 neutralino decays
13.6 decays of the higgs bosons
13.7 top quark decays to susy particles
13.8 decays to the gravitino/goldstino
14 supersymmetric event generation
14.1 event generation
14.2 event generator programs
14.3 simulating susy with isajet
15 the search for supersymmetry at coiliders
15.1 early searches for supersymmetry
15.2 search for susy at lep and lep2
15.3 supersymmetry searches at the tevatron
15.4 supersymmetry searches at supercolliders
15.5 beyond susy discovery
15.6 photon, muon, and very large hadron colliders
16 r-parity violation
16.1 explicit (trilinear) r-parity violation
16.2 spontaneous (bilinear) r-parity violation
17 epilogue
appendix a sparticle production cross sections
a.1 sparticle production at hadron colliders
a.2 sparticle production at e+e- colliders
appendixb sparticle decay widths
b.1 gluino decay widths
b.2 squark decay widths
b.3 slepton decay widths
b.4 neutralino decay widths
b.5 chargino clecay widths
b.6 top quark decay to susy particles
appendix c higgs boson decay widths
c.1 decays to sm fermions
c.2 decays to gauge bosons
c.3 decays to sfermions
c.4 decays to charginos and neutralinos
c.5 decays to higgs bosons
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