It also strives to cover topics that are of interest to both formal
and phenomenological theorists.
- Fundamental topic with a number of breakthroughs in the past
decade.
- Provides overview from basics to AdS/CFT.
- Easy to read style.
- Appeals to both formal and phenomenological theorists.
- Readership of graduate students and researchers in theoretical
particle physics, cosmology, and mathematics.
The book begins with a brief review of supersymmetry, and the
construction of the minimal supersymmetric standard model and
approaches to supersymmetry breaking. General non-perturbative
methods are also reviewed leading to the development of holomorphy
and the Affleck-Dine-Seiberg superpotential as powerful tools for
analysing supersymmetric theories. Seiberg duality is discussed in
detail, with many example applications provided, with special
attention paid to its use in understanding dynamical supersymmetry
breaking. The Seiberg-Witten theory of monopoles is introduced
through the analysis of simpler N=1 analogues. Superconformal field
theories are described along with the most recent development known
as "a-maximization". Supergravity theories are examined
in 4, 10, and 11 dimensions, allowing for a discussion of anomaly
and gaugino mediation, and setting the stage for the anti-de
Sitter/conformal field theory correspondence. This book is unique
in containing an overview of the important developments in
supersymmetry since the publication of "Supersymmetry and
Supergravity" by Wess and Bagger. It also strives to cover
topics that are of interest to both formal and phenomenological
theorists.
Reviews
- 'Review from previous edition ...a useful, intelligent,
well-written book. ' -Martin Rocek, State University of New
York at Stony Brook
Contents
- 1 Introduction to Supersymmetry
- 2 SUSY Lagrangians
- 3 SUSY Gauge Theories
- 4 The Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model
- 5 SUSY Breaking and the MSSM
- 6 Gauge Mediation
- 7 Nonperturbative Results
- 8 Holomorphy
- 9 The Affleck-Dine-Seiberg Superpotential
- 10 Seiberg Duality for SUSY QCD
- 11 More Seiberg Duality
- 12 Dynamical SUSY breaking
- 13 The Seiberg-Witten Theory
- 14 Superconformal Field Theories
- 15 Supergravity
- 16 Anomaly and Guagino Mediation
- 17 Introduction to the Ads/CFT Correspondence
- A Spinors and Pauli Matrices
- B Group Theory
The style is concise...many a reader will be grateful for the list of more extensive reviews given at the end of every chapter...the study of the book is eased by cross-referencing and the comprehensive index at the end of the book. Last but not least the book is enriched by biological sketches and anecdotes provided at the end of some sections. Zentralblatt Math, Volume 1087 (2006/13) Helmut Rumpf (Wien) (Wien)
John Terning, Department of Physics, University of California, Davis
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction to Supersymmetry 2. SUSY Lagrangians 3. SUSY Gauge Theories 4. The Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model 5. SUSY Breaking and the MSSM 6. Gauge Mediation 7. Nonperturbative Results 8. Holomorphy 9. The Affleck-Dine-Seiberg Superpotential 10. Seiberg Duality for SUSY QCD 11. More Seiberg Duality 12. Dynamical SUSY breaking 13. The Seiberg-Witten Theory 14. Superconformal Field Theories 15. Supergravity 16. Anomaly and Guagino Mediation 17. Introduction to the Ads/CFT Correspondence A. Spinors and Pauli Matrices B. Group Theory
