Nuclear and Particle Physics

  1. Beyond the Standard Model
    1. Limitations of the Standard Model
      1. Theoretical Problems
        1. Hierarchy Problem
          1. Naturalness
            1. Fine-Tuning
              1. Quadratic Divergences
              2. Strong CP Problem
                1. Theta Parameter
                  1. Neutron Electric Dipole Moment
                  2. Flavor Problem
                    1. Fermion Mass Hierarchy
                      1. Mixing Patterns
                    2. Experimental Observations
                      1. Neutrino Mass
                        1. Oscillation Evidence
                          1. Mass Scale
                            1. Majorana vs Dirac
                            2. Dark Matter
                              1. Astrophysical Evidence
                                1. Relic Abundance
                                  1. Direct Detection
                                  2. Dark Energy
                                    1. Accelerating Universe
                                      1. Cosmological Constant Problem
                                      2. Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry
                                        1. Baryon Asymmetry
                                          1. Leptogenesis
                                            1. Baryogenesis
                                        2. Grand Unified Theories
                                          1. Gauge Coupling Unification
                                            1. Running of Coupling Constants
                                              1. Renormalization Group
                                                1. Unification Scale
                                                2. SU(5) Model
                                                  1. Particle Content
                                                    1. Proton Decay
                                                      1. Gauge Coupling Relations
                                                      2. SO(10) Model
                                                        1. Left-Right Symmetry
                                                          1. Neutrino Masses
                                                            1. Charge Quantization
                                                          2. Proton Decay
                                                            1. Decay Modes
                                                              1. p → e+ π0
                                                                1. p → νK+
                                                                2. Experimental Searches
                                                                  1. Super-Kamiokande
                                                                    1. Lifetime Limits
                                                                3. Supersymmetry
                                                                  1. SUSY Motivation
                                                                    1. Hierarchy Problem Solution
                                                                      1. Quadratic Divergence Cancellation
                                                                        1. Natural Electroweak Scale
                                                                        2. Gauge Coupling Unification
                                                                          1. Modified Running
                                                                            1. Precision Unification
                                                                            2. Dark Matter Candidate
                                                                              1. Lightest Supersymmetric Particle
                                                                                1. Thermal Relic
                                                                              2. SUSY Formalism
                                                                                1. Superfields
                                                                                  1. Chiral Superfields
                                                                                    1. Vector Superfields
                                                                                    2. Supersymmetric Lagrangians
                                                                                      1. Superpotential
                                                                                        1. Kinetic Terms
                                                                                          1. D-Terms and F-Terms
                                                                                        2. Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model
                                                                                          1. Particle Content
                                                                                            1. Squarks and Sleptons
                                                                                              1. Gauginos
                                                                                                1. Higgsinos
                                                                                                2. R-Parity
                                                                                                  1. R-Parity Conservation
                                                                                                    1. LSP Stability
                                                                                                    2. SUSY Breaking
                                                                                                      1. Soft Breaking Terms
                                                                                                        1. Mediation Mechanisms
                                                                                                      2. SUSY Phenomenology
                                                                                                        1. Mass Spectra
                                                                                                          1. Neutralinos
                                                                                                            1. Charginos
                                                                                                              1. Sfermion Masses
                                                                                                              2. Production at Colliders
                                                                                                                1. Pair Production
                                                                                                                  1. Cascade Decays
                                                                                                                    1. Missing Energy Signatures
                                                                                                                    2. Experimental Searches
                                                                                                                      1. LHC Results
                                                                                                                        1. Mass Limits
                                                                                                                    3. Extra Dimensions
                                                                                                                      1. Kaluza-Klein Theory
                                                                                                                        1. Five-Dimensional Gravity
                                                                                                                          1. Compactification
                                                                                                                            1. KK Modes
                                                                                                                            2. Gauge Fields in Extra Dimensions
                                                                                                                              1. Wilson Lines
                                                                                                                                1. Orbifold Compactification
                                                                                                                              2. Large Extra Dimensions
                                                                                                                                1. ADD Model
                                                                                                                                  1. Hierarchy Problem Solution
                                                                                                                                    1. Graviton Emission
                                                                                                                                      1. Collider Signatures
                                                                                                                                      2. Experimental Tests
                                                                                                                                        1. Gravitational Inverse Square Law
                                                                                                                                          1. Missing Energy Searches
                                                                                                                                        2. Warped Extra Dimensions
                                                                                                                                          1. Randall-Sundrum Model
                                                                                                                                            1. AdS5 Geometry
                                                                                                                                              1. Hierarchy Generation
                                                                                                                                              2. Phenomenology
                                                                                                                                                1. KK Gravitons
                                                                                                                                                  1. Gauge Bosons in Bulk
                                                                                                                                              3. String Theory
                                                                                                                                                1. String Basics
                                                                                                                                                  1. One-Dimensional Objects
                                                                                                                                                    1. Open and Closed Strings
                                                                                                                                                      1. String Tension
                                                                                                                                                      2. String Spectrum
                                                                                                                                                        1. Massless States
                                                                                                                                                          1. Massive States
                                                                                                                                                            1. Tachyons
                                                                                                                                                          2. String Models
                                                                                                                                                            1. Heterotic Strings
                                                                                                                                                              1. E8 × E8 and SO(32)
                                                                                                                                                                1. Gauge Groups
                                                                                                                                                                2. Type II Strings
                                                                                                                                                                  1. Type IIA and IIB
                                                                                                                                                                    1. D-Branes
                                                                                                                                                                  2. Phenomenological Aspects
                                                                                                                                                                    1. Compactification
                                                                                                                                                                      1. Calabi-Yau Manifolds
                                                                                                                                                                        1. Flux Compactifications
                                                                                                                                                                        2. Standard Model from Strings
                                                                                                                                                                          1. Gauge Group Breaking
                                                                                                                                                                            1. Fermion Generations
                                                                                                                                                                              1. Yukawa Couplings

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