Supersymmetry : structure and phenomena : extensions of the standard model

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    • Polonsky, Nir

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Supersymmetry : structure and phenomena : extensions of the standard model

Nir Polonsky

(Lecture notes in physics, new ser . Monographs ; m68)(Physics and astronomy online library)

Springer, c2001

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-169)

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Table of Contents

Basic Ingredients.- The Hierarchy Problem and Beyond.- Bottom-Up Construction.- Supersymmetry.- Supersymmetrizing the Standard Model.- Unification.- The Heavy Top and Radiative Symmetry Breaking.- The Higgs Potential and the Light Higgs Boson.- The Flavor Problem.- Models.- Neutrinos.- Vacuum Stability.- Supersymmetry Breaking Operators.- N = 2 Supersymmetry.

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  • NCID
    BA53821621
  • ISBN
    • 3540424423
  • Country Code
    gw
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Berlin ; New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xv, 169 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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