Aithchison, supersymmetry in particle physics, cambridge university press is super clear and basic. Supersymmetry is a generalization of the spacetime symmetries of quantum field theory that links the matter particles with the forcecarrying particles and implies that there are additional superparticles necessary to complete the symmetry. If supersymmetry is realised in nature, then it must eventually appear in the context of gravity. Particularly interesting are those vacua that preserve some supersymmetry, which are always supersymmetric solutions of some supergravity theory. Supersymmetry definition is the correspondence between fermions and bosons of identical mass that is postulated to have existed during the opening moments of the big bang and that relates gravity to the other forces of nature. It is amusing to note that in turn, string theories are fully consistent only when supersymmetry is presentone then talks of superstring theory. Freund introduction to supersymmetry and supergravity, 2nd edition, by peter west ideas and methods of supersymmetry and supergravity. Supersymmetry and supergravity or supersymmetry in 12954 minutes. All models are constructed in such a way that every known particle has a susy partner of opposite statistics.
These lecture notes are based on a series of lectures given by myself from april to june 2009 in the school of mathematics at trinity college, dublin. A concise introduction to the formal and physical properties of globally and locally supersymmetric systems. Ideas and methods of supersymmetry and supergravity. Supersymmetry, supergravity and particle physics inspirehep. Supersymmetry, supergravity theories and the dual spinor model. The description on reads, in part, this unique book gives a modern account of particle physics and gravity based on supersymmetry and supergravity, two of the most significant developments in theoretical. The spin0 superpartners of fermions are called sfermions. We explain how this work implies that there is a landscape of stringm theory vacua, perhaps. Next are the 9 videos of the zero gravity test flight.
In fact its vanishing here is equivalent to the equations of motion. A general overviewof supersymmetry and supergravity is provided in the form ofan introduction to. Supersymmetric extension of general relativity is interesting in itself, given the intimate interplay of. And least in 11d supergravity it is the bosonic part of the supertorsion that does vanish. Spontaneous supersymmetry breaking is discussed in some detail. Wess and bagger, supersymmetry and supergravity, princeton university pub lishing is terse but has no errors that i know of. Wed 1, fri 3, mon, wed 15, fri 17, mon 27 always 14. We study the connection between the dual spinor model and supersymmetry. Wess baggersupersymmetry and supergravity wess baggersupersymmetry and supergravity. Modern supersymmetry by john terning oxford university press, 2006 introduction to supersymmetry and supergravity by p. West editor world scientific publishing, 1990 ideas and methods of supersymmetry and supergravity by ioseph l buchbider and sergei m kuzenko iop, 1995, revised ed. Supersymmetry, supergravity, and superunification this is a new system of a unified field theory using acceleration in place of gravitation. Ideas and methods of supersymmetry and supergravity, or a.
Let us now explain that fermions have mass, weight and charge. Editorial supersymmetry, supergravity, and superstring. Pdf wess baggersupersymmetry and supergravity free. Naths newest book, supersymmetry, supergravity, and unification, has been published by the cambridge university press. Introduction to supersymmetry and supergravity, by s. It will be an indispensable source of reference for advanced graduate students, postdoctoral and faculty researchers alike working in quantum field theory, high energy physics, gravity theory, mathematical physics and applied mathematics.
Supersymmetry and supergravity, princetonuniversitypress1992, julius wess and jonathan bagger. A systematic and selfcontainedintroduction to supersymmetric model field theories in fiat minkowskian space and to the techniques used in deriving them is given including superspace. Throughout the late 1970s, this work proceeded at a faster pace than string theory, mainly because it was popular while the string theory camp had become a ghost town. This bound necessarily implies the existence of new particles superpartners below 104 gev. In particular, i discuss only rigid supersymmetry mostly focusing on four spacetime dimensions, while no reference to supergravity is given. Lecture for the fortieth anniversary of supergravity. Pdf supersymmetry, supergravity and particle physics. Supersymmetry, supergravity, and superstring are amongst the most popular research topics in particle physics. In a supersymmetric theory the fields and the particles they describe are grouped in multiplets which contain both bosons and fermions. Division algebras and supersymmetry iii huerta, john, advances in theoretical and mathematical physics, 2012. The coupling of nonlinear supersymmetry to supergravity boris. Supersymmetry and supergravity princeton univ 1992 by j wess, j bagger add to metacart. Supergravity is the name for theories that attempt to apply supersymmetry directly to the theory of gravity without the use of string theory.
Previous page back to homepage next page back to homepage next page. Symmetry if quantum field theory is the basic framework to study elementary process, the basic tool to learn about these processes is the concept of symmetry. To be supplemented with something on phenomenology see below supersymmetry and supergravity, wess, bagger very advanced, but a bit obscure. Since then, countless supersymmetrc theories have been developed with minimal or extended global supersymmetry or with a local version of supersymmetry which is supergravity. Damtp201090 ic2010xx mpp2010143 cambridge lectures on supersymmetry and extra dimensions lectures by. Moreover, if one wants a setting in which gravity is consistently quantized, one has to resort to string theory.
Supergravity and upper bound on scale of supersymmetry. Commonly known just as wess and bagger, this book is a genuine classic but is not dipin reading. This option allows users to search by publication, volume and page selecting this option will search the current publication in context. Supersymmetry definition of supersymmetry by merriamwebster. Moreover, this is a theoretical course and phenomenological aspects are only brie. A symmetry is a transformation that can be made to a. It is also a necessary feature of the most popular candidate for a theory of everything, superstring theory, and a susy theory could explain the issue of cosmological. When supersymmetry is imposed as a local symmetry, einsteins theory of general relativity is included automatically, and the result is said to be a theory of supergravity. Supersymmetry and supergravity particles and interactions. The final result is the starting point for phenomenological studies of supersymmetric theories. This widely acclaimed introduction to n 1 supersymmetry and supergravity is aimed at readers familiar with relativistic quantum field theory who wish to learn. Includes, in particular, the wesszumino model, the linearized gravitongravitino system, the exact n1 supergravity model in d4 dimensions with an explicit derivation of its field equations and a check of its supersymmetry properties. Selecting this option will search all publications across the scitation platform selecting this option will search all publications for the publishersociety in context.
Abstract we study the coupling of nonlinear supersym metry to supergravity. Supersymmetry is a generalization of the spacetime symmetries of the quantum field theory that links the matter particles with the forcecarrying particles and implies that there are additional superparticles necessary to complete the symmetry. The course aims to introduce the main topics within supergravity, including onshell, o. John lott, the geometry of supergravity torsion constraints comm. The book can be considered as a valuable and updated addition to steven weinbergs third volume on supersymmetry in the quantum theory of fields series 2000, cambridge university press. This broken symmetry retains the benefits of supersymmetry, allowing the standard model to describe particle physics down to the planck scale. Supersymmetry, supergravity, and superstring are the most popular research topics in particle physics. Division algebras and supersymmetry ii baez, john c. Very good on supergravity and has the 4d n1 supergravity action in explicit complete gory detail. Nuclear physics b129 1977 3944 northholland publishing company supergravity as a gauge theory of supersymmetry a. Sven krippendorf, oliver schlotterer3 1 damtp, university of cambridge, wilberforce road, cambridge, cb3 0wa, uk. Supersymmetry is a necessary ingredient for most versions of string theory, but does not itself require a string theory.
Introduction to supersymmetry and supergravity, singapore, singapore. Supergravity is a supersymmetric theory of gravity, or a theory of local supersymmetry. Editorial supersymmetry, supergravity, and superstring phenomenology shaabankhalil, 1 gordonkane, 2 ignatiosantoniadis, 3,4 andstefanomoretti 5 center for fundamental physics, zewail city of science and technology, giza, egypt department of physics, university of michigan, ann arbor, mi, usa. This book provides a comprehensive, detailed and selfcontained account of four dimensional simple supersymmetry and supergravity. In the recent times a lot of effort has been devoted to improve our knowledge about the space of string theory vacua the landscape to find statistical grounds to justify how and why the theory selects its vacuum. Lecture course given at the university of hamburg, winter term 201516 january 25, 2016. There are many topics i do not address and others i only brie y touch. Superspace is an extension of ordinary spacetime in which one adjoins to the usual coordinates x a certain number of spinorial anticommuting coordinates. Chamseddine international centre for theoretical physics, trieste, italy p. Supersymmetry is a complex mathematical framework based on the theory of group transformations. Ultra violet properties of the extended rigid supersymmetric theories.
Introduction to supersymmetry and supergravity desy. Model mssm and its phenomenology, the basic ideas of local supersymmetry supergravity, grand unification, supersymmetry breaking in supergravity grand. Supersymmetry, in particle physics, a symmetry between fermions subatomic particles with halfinteger values of intrinsic angular momentum, or spin and bosons particles with integer values of spin. Supersymmetry, supergravity, and unification cambridge. In this new volume supersymmetry and supergravity has been greatly expanded to include a detailed derivation of the most general coupling of supersymmetric gauge theory to supergravity. Finally we end with a brief look at supersymmetry in other dimensions, describing spinors and supersymmetry algebras in various dimensions, 5dimensional n1 and 2 theories, and 6dimensional n2,0 and 1,1 theories.
The author is a world expert on supersymmetry and supergravity phenomenology, who has contributed to the field with many original and outstanding works. Finally, the more advanced topics of higher dimensions, extended supersymmetry and duality are discussed. Supersymmetry and supergravity lectures by peter van nieuwenhuizen stony brook the lectures take place from january 9 march 6, 2017 as follows. Supersymmetry, supergravity, and superstring phenomenology. Cambridge lectures on supersymmetry and extra dimensions arxiv. Since d 2,4,10 dimensions are all important in string theory, we discuss the situation as far as possible for an arbitrary even number of dimensions. Eventually we explicitly construct the socalled 1,1. The goldstino nilpotent superfield of global supersymmetry coupled to supergravity. A field in superspace superfield is a function vx, 9, of the superspace coordinates. Introduction to supersymmetry and supergravity inspire. For simple supersymmetry and supergravity, for instance, the e form a single majorana spinor. Lecture notes introduction to supersymmetry and supergravity. Introduction to supersymmetry and supergravity world scientific. Basics of supergravity november 30, 2014 1 motivation there are several reasons to consider the combination of supersymmetry and gravitation.
315 942 697 46 498 746 768 1182 1371 556 591 185 627 795 22 1088 760 786 567 294 1099 1394 1148 255 680 321 1099 216 498