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- Authored by a leading researcher and pioneer in the field
- Self-contained and comprehensive overview of the subject matter
- Course-based tutorial presentation
Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 939)
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About this book
These course-tested lectures provide a technical introduction to Supersymmetric Grand Unified Theories (SUSY GUTs), as well as a personal view on the topic by one of the pioneers in the field.
While the Standard Model of Particle Physics is incredibly successful in describing the known universe it is, nevertheless, an incomplete theory with many free parameters and open issues. An elegant solution to all of these quandaries is the proposed theory of SUSY GUTs. In a GUT, quarks and leptons are related in a simple way by the unifying symmetry and their electric charges are quantized, further the relative strength of the strong, weak and electromagnetic forces are predicted. SUSY GUTs additionally provide a framework for understanding particle masses and offer candidates for dark matter. Finally, with the extension of SUSY GUTs to string theory, a quantum-mechanically consistent unification of the four known forces (including gravity) is obtained.The book is organizedin three sections: the first section contains a brief introduction to the Standard Model, supersymmetry and the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model. Then SUSY GUTs in four space-time dimensions are introduced and reviewed. In addition, the cosmological issues concerning SUSY GUTs are discussed. Then the requirements for embedding a 4D SUSY GUT into higher-dimensional theories including gravity (i.e. String Theory) are investigated. Accordingly, section two of the course is devoted to discussing the so-called Orbifold GUTs and how in turn they solve some of the technical problems of 4D SUSY GUTs. Orbifold GUTs introduce a new set of open issues, which are then resolved in the third section in which it is shown how to embed Orbifold GUTs into the E(8) x E(8) Heterotic String in 10 space-time dimensions.
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About the author
Stuart Raby is a professor of physics at The Ohio State University. He is among the original proponents of the supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model and one of the originators of supersymmetric grand unified theories.
His work focuses on the experimental consequences of physics beyond the Standard Model, ranging from collider experiments to proton decay searches, dark matter candidates and questions in cosmology.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Supersymmetric Grand Unified Theories
Book Subtitle: From Quarks to Strings via SUSY GUTs
Authors: Stuart Raby
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55255-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-55253-8Published: 02 May 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-55255-2Published: 29 April 2017
Series ISSN: 0075-8450
Series E-ISSN: 1616-6361
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 427
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 53 illustrations in colour
Topics: Quantum Field Theories, String Theory, Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory, Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences, Mathematical Methods in Physics