Physics in D]= 4 proceedings of the Theoretical Advanced Study Institute in Elementary Particle Physics : TASI 2004 : Boulder, CO, USA, 6 June-2 July 2004 (World Scientific, 2006)
Includes bibliographical references
Symmetries of the standard model / Scott Willenbrock -- Introduction to precision electroweak analysis / James D. Wells -- QCD and jets / George Sterman -- Effective field theory and heavy quark physics / Matthias Neubert -- Neutrino physics / Andre de Gouvea -- Higgs boson physics / Laura Reina -- Learn hadron collider physics in 3 days / Heidi Schellman -- Collider phenomenology : basic knowledge and techniques / Tao Han -- Dynamical electroweak symmetry breaking / R. Sekhar Chivukula and Elizabeth H. Simmons -- Little Higgs goes to TASI / M. Schmaltz -- Supersymmetry breaking / Markus A. Luty -- To the fifth dimension and back / Raman Sundrum -- Phenomenology of extra dimensions / Graham D. Kribs -- Electroweak symmetry breaking from extra dimensions / Csaba Csaki, Jay Hubisz and Patrick Meade -- Astroparticle physics / Keith A. Olive -- Student seminars -- KT-Fest -- Student participants -- Lecturers, directors, and local organizing committee
This book contains write-ups of lectures from a summer school for advanced graduate students in elementary particle physics. 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 chromodynamics and jets by George Sterman, and heavy quark effective field by Matthias Neubert. Developments in neutrino physics are discussed by Andre de Gouvea and the theory behind the Higgs boson is addressed by Laura Reina. Collider phenomenology from both experimental and theoretical perspectives are highlighted by Heidi Schellman and Tao Han. 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 supersymmetry. There is an entire series of lectures by Raman Sundrum, Graham Kribs, and Csaba Csaki on extra dimensions. Finally, Keith Olive completes the book with a review of astrophysics