Supersymmetry: From the Fermi Scale to the Planck Scale

Abstract

The physics of supersymmetry is reviewed from the perspective of physics at ever increasing energies. Starting from the minimal supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model at the electroweak scale, we proceed to higher energies seeking to understand the origin of the many model parameters. Supersymmetric grand unification, supergravity, and superstrings are introduced sequentially, and their contribution to the sought explanations is discussed. Typical low-energy supersymmetric models are also presented, along with their possible experimental consequences via direct and indirect processes at high-energy physics experimental facilities. Contents 1. Introduction 2. Low-energy Supersymmetry 3. Supersymmetric Grand Unification 4. Supergravity 5. Superstrings 6. Dynamics 7. Experimental Prospects 8. Conclusions

61 pages, LaTeX, 11 figures (included). To appear in Reports on Progress in Physics

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• CPT, Strings, and Meson Factories
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• Violations of lepton flavour and CP in supersymmetric unified theories
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• Complete set of Feynman rules for the MSSM -- ERRATUM
• Resolving the Constrained Minimal and Next-to-Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Models
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• SIGNALS FOR MINIMAL SUPERGRAVITY AT THE CERN LARGE HADRON COLLIDER: MULTI-JET PLUS MISSING ENERGY CHANNEL,
• Precision Tests of CPT Symmetry and Quantum Mechanics in the Neutral Kaon System
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• Precision Corrections to Supersymmetric Unification
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• The strong coupling, unification, and recent data
• HIGGS PHENOMENOLOGY OF THE SUPERSYMMETRIC MODEL WITH A GAUGE SINGLET
• Test of CPT Symmetry and Quantum Mechanics with Experimental data from CPLEAR
• String GUTs
• TESTING SUPERSYMMETRY AT THE NEXT LINEAR COLLIDER
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• Testing CPT with the Neutral-D System
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• B Mesons
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• A Global Fit of LEP/SLC Data with Light Superpartners
• SUSY SU(6) GIFT for doublet-triplet splitting and fermion masses
• SUPERSYMMETRY REACH OF AN UPGRADED TEVATRON COLLIDER
• Constraints on the Minimal SUSY SO(10) Model from Cosmology and the $b\to s\gamma$ Decay
• A new cosmological constant model
• Implications of the reported deviations from the standard model for Z->bb and alpha_s
• Effects of Gravitational Smearing on Predictions of Supergravity Grand Unification
• Impact of R-Parity Violation on Supersymmetry Searches at the Tevatron
• The Light Higgsino-Gaugino Window
• Some Phenomenological Implications of String Loop Effects
• Charged Higgs mass bound from the $b\to s\gamma$ process in the minimal supergravity model
• Neutron Electric Dipole Moment in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model
• Matching the Low and High Energy Determinations of ${\alpha }_s(M_z)$ in the MSSM
• Two-photon decays of the lightest Higgs boson of supersymmetry at the LHC
• Limit on the Color-Triplet Higgs Mass in the Minimum Supersymmetric SU(5) Model
• Lowering alpha_s by flipping SU(5)
• Neutralino Production as SuSy Discovery Process at CERN LEP2
• A new scenario for string unification
• $R_b$ in supersymmetric models
• Supersymmetries in Free Fermionic Strings
• Prospects for Supersymmetry at LEP2
• The electric dipole moment of the neutron in the constrained minimally supersymmetric standard model
• Planck Scale Physics and the Testability of SU(5) Supergravity GUT
• Supersymmetry dileptons and trileptons at the Tevatron
• Search for ${\tilde{W}}_1{\tilde{Z}}_2$ Production via Trilepton Final States in $p\bar{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=1.8$ TeV
• Supersymmetry and R_b in the light of LEP 1.5
• A string no-scale supergravity model and its experimental consequences
• The Missing Doublet Model Revamped
• Effective couplings and Perturbative Unification
• Charginos and Neutralinos at LEPII
• Higgs and super-Higgs effects with naturally vanishing vacuum energy
• MSSM phenomenology in the large tanb regime
• Soft SUSY Masses and the Dynamical Determination of the Gravitino Mass
• Direct detection of dark matter in SU(5)xU(1) supergravity
• Vanishing Str M^2 in the presence of anomalous U_A(1)
• Dynamical Determination of the Fundamental Couplings

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• A Direct Search for Stable Magnetic Monopoles Produced in Positron-Proton Collisions at HERA
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• Review of Searches for Rare Processes and Physics Beyond the Standard Model at HERA
• Phenomenology of 3-Family Grand Unified String Models
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• Primordial Fluctuations in String Cosmology