Syllabus for Advanced Supersymmetry

(Physics 246B, UC Davis, Fall 2007)

Location: Phys 432
Time: Tue. Thu. 2-3:30pm
Lecturer: John Terning
Office: 435
Office Hours: TBA
Web Page: http://particle.physics.ucdavis.edu/teaching/246B/


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Course Outline
• Holomorphy
  • Non-renormalization theorems
  • The holomorphic gauge coupling
  • Gaugino condensation
  • NSVZ beta function
• The Affleck--Dine--Seiberg superpotential
• Seiberg duality for SUSY QCD
  • Phases of gauge theories
  • Moduli space
  • Infrared fixed points
  • Duality
  • S-Confinement
  • Deconfinement
• Dynamical SUSY breaking
  • Direct gauge mediation
  • Single sector models
• The Seiberg--Witten theory
  • Elliptic curves
  • Monopole condensation
• Superconformal field theories
  • A-Maximization
  • Argyres--Douglas points
• Supergravity
  • 4, 5, 10, and 11 dimensions
• Anomaly and gaugino mediation
• Introduction to the AdS/CFT correspondence
  • D-brane constructions of gauge theories
  • Spectra of CFT operators and AdS_5 x S^5 KK modes
  • finite temperature and confinement
  • The glueball mass gap
  • orbifolds
Textbook: Modern Supersymmetry



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Grading will be based on regular reading assignments, problem sets, and a take home final. The grade breakdown will be 15% on reading assignments, 55% on problems sets, and 30% on the final exam



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Assignments will be available online

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Note 15 % will be deducted per day late for all problem sets.



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