Modern Supersymmetry: Dynamics and Duality
John Terning
Abstract
The book begins with a brief review of supersymmetry, 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 ... More
The book begins with a brief review of supersymmetry, 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 contains an overview of the important developments in supersymmetry since the publication of Supersymmetry and Supergravity by Wess and Bagger. It also covers topics that are of interest to both formal and phenomenological theorists.
Keywords:
minimal supersymmetric standard model,
supersymmetry breaking,
non-perturbative methods,
holomorphy,
Affleck-Dine-Seiberg superpotential,
Seiberg duality,
Seiberg-Witten theory,
superconformal field theories,
supergravity theories,
anti-de Sitter/conformal field theory
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2005 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780198567639 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2007 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198567639.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
John Terning, author
Department of Physics, University of California, Davis
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