Beyond the Standard Model for Montaneros

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These notes cover (i) electroweak symmetry breaking in the Standard Model (SM) and the Higgs boson, (ii) alternatives to the SM Higgs boson including an introduction to composite Higgs models and Higgsless models that invoke extra dimensions, (iii) the theory and phenomenology of supersymmetry, and (iv) various further beyond topics, including Grand Unification, proton decay and neutrino masses, supergravity, superstrings and extra dimensions.
Original languageEnglish
Publication date23 Nov 2009
Publication statusPublished - 23 Nov 2009
Externally publishedYes
SeriesCERN Yellow Report CERN-

Bibliographical note

Based on lectures by John Ellis at the 5th CERN-Latin-American School of High-Energy Physics, Recinto Quirama, Colombia, 15 - 28 Mar 2009, 84 pages, 35 figures

    Research areas

  • hep-ph

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