Physics in D >= 4 : proceedings of the Theoretical Advanced Study Institute in Elementary Particle Physics : TASI 2004 00 : Boulder, CO, USA, 6 June-2 July 2004 PDF
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TASI 2004 PHYSICS IN Proceedings of the Theoretical Advanced Study Institute in Elementary Particle Physics Editors John Terning Carlos E M Wagner Dieter Zeppenfeld DIIVCIPC IN D 4 Proceedings of ttie Theoretical Advanced Study institute in Elementary Particle Physics PHYSICS IN Proceedings of the Theoretical Advanced Study Institute in Elementary Particle Pftysies Boeder, CO, USA 6 Jane - 2 Jufy 2004 Editors • • • ss^m^msm ^P World Scientific NEW J ERSEY • LONDON • SINGAPORE • BEIJING • SHANGHAI • HONGKONG • TAIPEI • CHENNAI Published by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. 5 Toh Tuck Link, Singapore 596224 USA office: 27 Warren Street, Suite 401-402, Hackensack, NJ 07601 UK office: 57 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9HE British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. PHYSICS IN D 2 4 TASI 2004 Proceedings of the Theoretical Advanced Study Institute in Elementary Particle Physics Copyright © 2006 by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without written permission from the Publisher. For photocopying of material in this volume, please pay a copying fee through the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. In this case permission to photocopy is not required from the publisher. ISBN 981-256-809-3 Printed in Singapore by World Scientific Printers (S) Pte Ltd PREFACE The Theoretical Advanced Study Institute (TASI) in elementary particle physics has been held each summer since 1984. The early institutes were held at Michigan, Yale, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, and Brown. Since 1989 they have been hosted by the University of Colorado at Boulder. Each year typ- ically about fifty of the most promising advanced theory graduate students in the United States, along with a few international graduates students, be- ginning postdoctoral fellows, and experimental graduate students, attend TASI. The emphasis of TASI has shifted from year to year, but typically there have been courses of lectures in phenomenology, field theory, string theory, mathematical physics, and the particle-astrophysics interface, as well as seminars on other theoretical and experimental topics. It has been highly successful, especially in introducing the students to a much broader range of ideas than they normally experience in their home institutions while working on their (often narrow) dissertation topics. This book contains write-ups of lectures from the 2004 summer school which had "Physics in D > 4" as its theme. In the first lecture Scott Willenbrock gives an overview of the standard model of particle physics. This is followed by reviews of specific areas of standard model physics: precision electroweak analysis by James Wells, quantum chromodynam- ics and jets by George Sterman, and heavy quark effective field theory by Matthias Neubert. Next come the fuzzy edges of the standard model where new physics can start to appear. Developments in neutrino physics are discussed by Andre de Gouvea and the theory behind the Higgs boson is discussed by Laura Reina. Collider phenomenology from both experi- mental and theoretical perspectives are surveyed by Heidi Schellman and Tao Han. We then move on to physics beyond the standard model. A brief survey of dynamical electroweak symmetry breaking is provided by R. Sekhar Chivukula and Elizabeth H. Simmons. Martin Schmaltz covers the recent proposals for little Higgs theories. Markus Luty describes what is needed to make supersymmetric theories realistic by breaking supersym- metry. Raman Sundrum introduces extra dimensions, while Graham Kribs covers the phenomenology of extra dimensions, and Csaba Csaki (with two of the TASI students, Jay Hubisz and Patrick Meade helping out in prepar- ing this write-up) describes the novel ways electroweak symmetry can be broken in extra dimensions. Finally Keith Olive finishes off with a review of astrophysics and its intersections with particle physics. v vi Preface The scientific program was organized by John Terning, Carlos Wagner and Dieter Zeppenfeld, with invaluable assistance provided by the local director, K. T. Mahanthappa. We would like to thank Mary Dang and Libi Striegl for the efficient handling of valuable secretarial help before and during TASI; Zhaofeng Liu for his assistance in the daily operation of the Institute; Jay Hubisz and Patrick Meade for organizing the student seminars; David Anderson and David Morrissey for their involvement in designing and distribution of the TASI-04 T-shirts; and Thomas DeGrand for organizing the hikes and for taking appropriate actions to track down the two missing TASI hikers! Special thanks to the National Science Foun- dation, the Department of Energy, and the University of Colorado for their financial and material support. John Terning, Carlos Wagner and Dieter Zeppenfeld March 2006 CONTENTS Preface v Symetries of the Standard Model 3 Scott Willenbrock Introduction to Precision Electroweak Analysis 41 James D. Wells QCD and Jets 67 George Sterman Efective Field Theory and Heavy Quark Physics 149 Matthias Neubert Neutrino Physics 197 Andre de Gouvea Higs Boson Physics 261 Laura Reina Learn Hadron Colider Physics in 3 Days 359 Heidi Schellman Colider Phenomenology: Basic Knowledge and Techniques 407 Tao Han Dynamical Electroweak Symetry Breaking 457 R. Sekhar Chivukula and Elizabeth H. Simmons Litle Higs Goes to TASI 463 M. Schmaltz Supersymetry Breaking 495 Markus A. Luty To the Fifth Dimension and Back 585 Raman Sundrum vi Contents Phenomenology of Extra Dimensions 63 Graham D. Kribs Electroweak Symetry Breaking from Extra Dimensions 703 Csaba Csdki, Jay Hubisz and Patrick Meade Astroparticle Physics 79 Keith A. Olive Student Seminars 841 KT-Fest 845 Student Participants 847 Lecturers, Directors, and Local Organizing Committee 853 PHYSICS D 4 Pfoceetiiossofttie TheoreM Advance St«dy institute In Eiemantary Particle Pfcyte
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