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Supersymmetry in Particle Physics: An Elementary Introduction | 
 enlarge | Author: Ian Aitchison
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 533177
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 236
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Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 6.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 0521880238
Dewey Decimal Number: 539
EAN: 9780521880237
ASIN: 0521880238
Publication Date: October 22, 2007
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Product Description
Supersymmetry represents the culmination of the search for fundamental symmetries that has dominated particle physics for 50 years. Traditionally, the constituents of matter (fermions) were regarded as different from the particles (bosons) transmitting the forces between them. In supersymmetry, fermions and bosons are unified. Intended for graduate students in particle physics, and researchers in experimental and phenomenological supersymmetry, this is the first textbook to provide a simple introduction to a previously formidably technical field. Its elementary, practical treatment brings readers to the frontier of contemporary research, in particular the experiments at the Large Hadron Collider. Theories are constructed through an intuitive 'trial and error' approach. Basic elements of spinor formalism and superfields are introduced, allowing readers to access more advanced treatments. Emphasis is placed on physical understanding, and on detailed derivations of important steps. Many short exercises are included, making for a valuable and accessible self-study tool.
Book Description
Intended for graduates and researchers, this is the first textbook to provide a simple introduction to supersymmetry. This elementary, practical treatment places emphasis on physical understanding, and detailed derivations. Many short exercises are included, making for a valuable and accessible self-study tool.
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A must for students and experimentalists January 7, 2008
Diego Casadei (NYU and CERN)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
If you are a physics student with good knowledge of quantum field theory or an experimentalist working on high-energy physics, and need a quick reference on supersymmetry (SUSY) on which you can find the rationale behind it, in addition to the most useful cross-section formulae, then the book by Ian Aitchison is probably the best choice for you. If you have no idea about SUSY but want (or need) to learn its basics, again this is a very good choice. On the other hand, if you already know SUSY quite a bit, and want to go into deeper details, this is probably not the best book for you, but I'm sure you would enjoy reading it.
Actually, the SUSY case is a very peculiar one: even though no experimental evidence has yet been collected in favor of this model, theoreticians consider it so "natural" that most extensions of the standard model (SM) of particle physics include SUSY. Even more, nowadays SUSY is considered standard material for (advanced) courses in the physicist's curriculum, so that a few textbooks exist.
The Aitchison's textbook has its strongest point in the author's effort to provide a smooth transition between the mathematical tools used to build the SM and the SUSY technicalities. This implies a choice over the formalism, which is similar to what one can find in the well known (and publicly available) "Supersymmetry Primer" (arXiv: hep-ph/9709356), by Stephen P. Martin: two-component Weyl spinors are used in place of four-component Dirac or Maiorana spinors, to describe the fields associated with matter particles. However, in order to make relatively easy to cross-check other references (as other textbooks or review papers), Aitchison also explains how to switch between the three formalisms just mentioned, making the book a really precious reference.
Perhaps, this is not the only book on SUSY one should buy, but it is probably the first. The author has explicitly decided to avoid explaining several things about SUSY, as the introduction of fermionic dimensions in addition to the normal (bosonic) ones, i.e. the "superspace" formalism (but chapter 6 is nevertheless devoted to superfields). In addition, Aitchison sometimes relies on the books on the SM he wrote together with Hey Gauge Theories in Particle Physics, 2 Volume Set, so that learning SUSY is smoothest for people having studied quantum field theory on that books. Aitchison tried to mention everything which is necessary to understand his explanations about SUSY, so to have a self-contained book, but sometimes I felt a bit disappointed because I did not have the chance to check his books on SM while reading that on SUSY. However, this does not mean that one can not follow the explanations. Rather, one simply has to accept that some relation holds, just to be able to use it in the computation. Not a big problem, at the end of the day. In conclusion, I warmly recommend this book.
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