What Is Supersymmetry And How Do We Find It?

Abstract

In these Lectures, we present a pedagogical introduction to weak scale supersymmetry phenomenology. A basic understanding of the Standard Model and of the ideas behind Grand Unification, but no prior knowledge of supersymmetry, is assumed. Topics covered include: What is supersymmetry and why do we bother with it? Working with a supersymmetric theory: A toy example Construction of supersymmetric Lagrangians The Minimal Supersymmetric Model The mSUGRA Model: A paradigm for SUSY phenomenology Decays of supersymmetric particles Production of supersymmetric particles at colliders Observational constraints on supersymmetry Supersymmetry searches at future colliders Constraining supersymmetry models at future colliders R-parity violation Gauge-mediated supersymmetry breaking

arXiv comment89 pages, 6 figures, uses psfig.sty,SPROCL.STY, Lectures given at IX Jorge A. Swieca Summer School, Campos do Jordao, Brazil, February 1997

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