The Hunt for Supersymmetry

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Supersymmetry (SUSY) is one of the most promising and most studied extensions to the so-called Standard Model (SM) of particle physics. It elegantly solves several theoretical problems of the model: How is the mass of the Higgs particle kept finite? Can the forces of Nature be unified a manifestations of one governing principle? SUSY also provides a candidate for the so-called “Dark Matter” that seems to be prevalent in the Universe. Next year, when the physics programme of the Large Hadron Collider starts up we will have the best possibility so far to detect if SUSY is part of Nature.

Supersymmetry (SUSY) is one of the most promising and most studied extensions to the so-called Standard Model (SM) of particle physics. It elegantly solves several theoretical problems of the model: How is the mass of the Higgs particle kept finite? Can the forces of Nature be unified a manifestations of one governing principle? SUSY also provides a candidate for the so-called “Dark Matter” that seems to be prevalent in the Universe. Next year, when the physics programme of the Large Hadron Collider starts up we will have the best possibility so far to detect if SUSY is part of Nature.

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