Beyond the Standard Model

This course is devided in two parts. 

The first part is devoted to models with extra space dimensions. It will introduce Kaluza-Klein theories including fermions and gauge symmetry breaking; and how these theories manifest themselves in four dimensions. Consequently it will describe why large or warped extra dimensions can solve the gauge hierarchy problem.

The second part shows how the principle of gauge invariance may lead to a common description of the interactions of the standard model.

Course convener: Dr Jonas Lindert (j.lindert@sussex.ac.uk)

Recordings  and problem sheets are available together with the course learning material.

Literature:

Extra Dimensions 

• • Introduction to Extra Dimensions by Hsin-Chia Chen

  • Pedagogical Introduction to Extra Dimensions by Thomas G. Rizzo

  • Part III Lectures on Extra Dimensions by Fernando Quevedo

Grand Unified Theories     

• Gauge Theories of Elementary Particle Physics, T. Cheng and L. Li, Clarendon Press, 1984

• Grand Unified Theories, Graham Ross, Frontiers in Physics, 2003

• GUT Physics in the era of the LHC by Croon et. al.

• Model Building and Phenomenology in Grand Unified Theories by T. Gonzalo Velasco