Course on
Supersymmetry 9-11th of February 2009
Vrije
Universiteit Brussel
Dr. Filip Moortgat (ETH Zurich)
ÒAn introduction to
low-energy supersymmetry
and its experimental
aspectsÓ
After a short review of the shortcomings of the
Standard Model, low-energy supersymmetry and the Minimal Supersymmetric
Standard Model (MSSM) will be introduced. The basic phenomenology of
supersymmetric particles, including the MSSM Higgs sector, will be discussed.
Accelerator-based search techniques for these particles will be reviewed, as
well as methods that may allow the determination of their masses and
quantum numbers. Finally, non-accelerator searches for supersymmetric Dark
Matter will be briefly reviewed.
Location: Vrije
Universiteit Brussel – Campus Oefenplein – 1.G.003 (1st
level of building G, room 003; large seminar room of the IIHE)
Lecture 1 : Supersymmetry,
MSSM, sparticle phenomenology and MSSM Higgs bosons (9th of February
between 14:00 – 17:00)
Lecture 2 : Searches
for sparticles and MSSM Higgs bosons with colliders (10th of
February between 10:00 – 13:00), including hand-out of exercises
Lecture 3 : Dark
Matter searches (11th of February between 10:00 – 13:00),
including follow-up of exercises
For more
information please contact Prof. J. DÕHondt (jodhondt@vub.ac.be)