A useful, intelligent, well-written book.

Martin Rocek, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Terning has made important discoveries in this field, and his deep insight and broad perspective are vividly reflected in this book. His explanations are extremely clear emphasizing the relevant points. This makes the book particularly helpful for people who want to study this important field. I am sure that this book will become a classic.

Nathan Seiberg, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

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 supersysmmetry 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 "amaximization". 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 "Suppersymmetry and Supergravity" by Wess and Bagger. It also strives to cover topics that are of interest to both formal and phenomenological theorists.
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The book provides a detailed survey of the modern developments in supersymmetry that are essential preparation for a graduate student or researcher intending to enter into particle theory or string theory.
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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
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`A useful, intelligent, well-written book.' Martin Rocek, State University of New York at Stony Brook `Terning has made important discoveries in this field, and his deep insight and broad perspective are vividly reflected in this book. His explanations are extremely clear emphasizing the relevant points. This makes the book particularly helpful for people who want to study this important field. I am sure that this book will become a classic.' Nathan Seiberg, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
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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.
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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.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780199559510
Publisert
2009
Utgiver
Oxford University Press
Vekt
523 gr
Høyde
232 mm
Bredde
159 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
336

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