| Group theory and Gauge interactions
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| Introductory Symmetries and Particle Physics - very good lecture notes. What is a Lie group? - a good explanation by T.Smith. Field theory an Standard Model (!) (hep-ph/9812496),69 pp, by Novikov, - among other things, the principle of gauge interactions, Abelian and non-Abelian gauge fields, and how they are used in electroweak theory . Groups and principle of gauge - in a single page. Early History of Gauge Theories and Kaluza-Klein Theories, with a Glance at Recent Developments - (physics/9810524), 64pp., though contains some math, it still remains readable for everyone. . | Advanced
topics Introduction to Lie Algebras - a scanned version of a short course on Lie groups important in physics. The Gaugeless limit of Electroweak interactions - a lecture set by Bjorken; ps files. | ||
| Beyond the Standard Model - theory and
phenomenology
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| Introductory Beyond the Standard Model path - a picturesque introduction by PDG. A part of EPP lectures: GUT and proton decay and Composite models and Supersymmetry . Introduction to Supersymmetry at the NLC - a very descriptive, understandable lecture set: SM, its problems, idea of supersymmetry, R-parity, etc. GUT and baryon asymmetry - several pages, easy style. Search for Magnetic Monopoles and Search for Leptoquarks - written by D0 group at FNAL in plain english. ZEUS high-Q2 anomaly - a window into new physics or simply statistics playing around? | Advanced
topics Beyond the Standard Model (hep-ph/9705479), 94pp., by M.Peskin - a detailed introduction intended for experimentalists. A supersymmetric Primer - (hep-ph/9709356), 102pp,. by S.Martin - pedagogical introduction into supersymmetry. Basic canon in 4D, N=1 Superfield theory (hep-th/9808064), 109pp. - a rather rigorous and technical introduction into 4D, N=1 supersymmetry; requires good QFT knowledge. Searching for low-energy supersymmetry (hep-ph/9801417), 60pp. and MSSM: Group summary report (hep-ph/9901246), 111 pp. - thorough analysis of current status of supersymmetric theories: different schemes, MSSM and beyond, phenomenology of superpartners and higgs bosons, different signals of supersymmetry . Electroweak symmetry breaking and Higgs physics by Spira and Zerwas (hep-ph/9803257), 70pp. - a wonderful review on Higgs boson physics, both SM and supersymmetric. Includes Higgs mechanics, main properties, decays, production, experimental data etc. | ||
| Superstrings, supergravity, M-theory
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| Introductory Superstring theory - basics. Very easy reading. Second superstring revolution - a deeper and more detailed introduction with the same level of clarity. Superstrings! - very digestive online introduction. M theory (gr-qc/9812029) - recent review by Schwarz. Putting string duality to work - a structured interactive intro into supersrings. Cosmic strings - by Cambridge Cosmology group. Quantum Gravity and strings - from EPP lectures. String theory, Supersymmetry, Unification and All that - (hep-th/9803197), 21 pp. - a couple of formulas and a very good text; covers also branes and perturbative expantion. . | Advanced
topics What's going on in string theories? - collection of lectures and hep-th reveiws. Introduction to String Theory - a brief online math-heavy course. Recent developments in String theory: from dualities to M-theory - (hep-th/9904033), 58pp., by M.Haack et al., - a pedagogical introduction. . | ||