Some of the material in is restricted to members of the community. By logging in, you may be able to gain additional access to certain collections or items. If you have questions about access or logging in, please use the form on the Contact Page.
Krupovnickas, T. (2004). Supersymmetry at pp¯, pp and e+e− Colliders in Light of Wmap Measurements of the Dark Matter Density of the Universe. Retrieved from http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-2897
The Standard Model (SM) describes almost all the particle physics experiments with a high accuracy. However, the SM has a lot of conceptual problems (spontaneous symmetry breaking is introduced by hand, the Higgs boson mass has to be very finely fine-tuned, there is no explanation for the number of generations or particle quantum numbers, there are at least 19 arbitrary model parameters). Therefore, it is reasonable to search for theories solving some or all of the problems that the SM has. One class of such theories is based on an assumption that at some large energy scale Nature chooses the maximal possible space-time symmetry, called supersymmetry (SUSY). Once the theory is constructed, it has to be tested against the experiment. This dissertation explores various collider signals in the framework of minimal Supergravity model (mSUGRA) and gaugino mediated SUSY breaking model (inoMSB). We calculate whether the signal predicted by these models could be detected at the Fermilab Tevatron and at the CERN LHC hadronic colliders, and also explore the capabilities of a future electron-positron Linear Collider. We show the collider reach contours in the mSUGRA parameter space, combined with constraints from other experiments. We also devise new cuts, optimizing the signal to background ratio in the regions where no such work was previously done.
A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Physics in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Advisory Committee
Howard Baer, Professor Directing Thesis; Ettore Aldrovandi, Outside Committee Member; Laura Reina, Committee Member; Todd Adams, Committee Member; Jorge Piekarewicz, Committee Member.
Publisher
Florida State University
Identifier
FSU_migr_etd-2897
Use and Reproduction
This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). The copyright in theses and dissertations completed at Florida State University is held by the students who author them.
Krupovnickas, T. (2004). Supersymmetry at pp¯, pp and e+e− Colliders in Light of Wmap Measurements of the Dark Matter Density of the Universe. Retrieved from http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-2897