Beyond Standard Model Phenomenology at the LHC

• Main Author: de Aquino, Priscila (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Mathematical physics.; Quantum field theory.; String theory.; Cosmology.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.; Quantum Field Theories, String Theory.; Mathematical Physics.

This thesis provides an introduction to the physics of the Standard Model and beyond, and to the methods used to analyse Large Hadron Collider (LHC) data. The 'hierarchy problem', astrophysical data and experiments on neutrinos indicate that new physics can be expected at the now accessibl...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The Standard Model
• Gravitation in Beyond Standard Model theories
• The LHC and collision simulations
• Phenomenology of graviton production
• Gravitino production at the LHC
• Epilogue
• Massless graviton implementation
• New routines for ADD theories in MadGraph
• ALOHA.