The State of Supersymmetry after Run I of the LHC

Abstract

In these lectures I survey the state of supersymmetric extensions of the Standard Model in light of data from the first run of the LHC. After assessing pre-LHC expectations based on principles of naturalness and parsimony, I review the landscape of direct and indirect search limits at the LHC, including the implications of the observed Higgs mass and couplings. Finally, I survey several broad classes of supersymmetric models that are consistent with current data and enumerate the most promising search strategies and model-building directions for the future.

arXiv commentLectures delivered at the training week of the GGI workshop "Beyond the Standard Model after the first run of the LHC." 72 pages, 28 figures. v2: Minor typos corrected, searches updated

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