Supergravity Models
arXiv:hep-ph/9311362
Abstract
Theoretical and experimental motivations behind supergravity grand unified models are described. The basic ideas of supergravity, and the origin of the soft breaking terms are reviewed. Effects of GUT thresholds and predictions arising from models possessing proton decay are discussed. Speculations as to which aspects of the Standard Model might be explained by supergravity models and which may require Planck scale physics to understand are mentioned.
Talk at 31st International School of Sub Nuclear Physics, Erice, 1991, 23 pages, plaintex file, 6 figures avaliable upon request