New Physics and the LHC
arXiv:0805.1992 · doi:10.1142/9789814280945_0001
Abstract
In these lectures I start by briefly reviewing the status of the electroweak theory, in the Standard Model and beyond. I then discuss the motivation and the possible avenues for new physics, on the brink of the LHC start.
35 pages, 8 figures. Lectures given at the Lake Louise Winter Institute, Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada, 18-23 February 2008