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Suggested ReadingNiceModern Supersymmetry — J. TerningThe Quantum Theory of Fields, Vol III — S. WeinbergA Supersymmetry Primer — S. P. Martin◮ hep-ph/9709356Supersymmetry in Elementary Particle Physics — M. E. Peskin◮ arXiv:0801.1928Lectures on Global Supersymmetry — P. Argyres◮ www.physics.uc.edu/%7Eargyres/661/index.html(I.P.P.P. — Durham University) SUSY Breaking Heidelberg 25 / 27
Reasons to like SUSYIt makes life easierThe extra structure imposed by supersymmetry gives us more controlover non-perturbative aspects of field theory. Many of the followingresults can be traced back to the holomorphy of the superpotential:Perturbative Non-renormalisation Theorem◮ Superpotential is tree-level exact◮ Gauge kinetic function only runs at 1-loopExact beta functionAffleck–Dine–Seiberg SuperpotentialGaugino CondensationSeiberg Duality(I.P.P.P. — Durham University) SUSY Breaking Heidelberg 26 / 27
Page 2 and 3: Outline1 Introduction and Motivatio
Page 5 and 6: Why Supersymmetry?It’s personalCo
Page 7 and 8: The Language of SUSYLagrangiansKine
Page 9: R-symmetryWhat is it?It’s a globa
Page 14 and 15: Breaking SupersymmetryIt has to be
Page 16 and 17: Witten IndexSUSY vacua are easy to
Page 18 and 19: Nelson & SeibergR-symmetry causing
Page 20 and 21: Mediating SUSY BreakingBreaking the
Page 22 and 23: Radiative Electroweak Symmetry Brea
Page 24 and 25: Other Useful ToolsThe Model-buildin
Page 28: Other NicetiesWhat has SUSY ever do

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