Advisor(s)
Pran Nath
Contributor(s)
Tomasz R. Taylor, Darien Wood
Date of Award
2009
Date Accepted
3-2009
Degree Grantor
Northeastern University
Degree Level
Ph.D.
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department or Academic Unit
College of Arts and Sciences. Department of Physics.
Keywords
Physics, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Collider Signatures
Subject Categories
Unified field theories--Analysis, Supergravity--Mathematical models, Supersymmetry--Mathematical models
Disciplines
Physics
Abstract
Analyzed in detail are unified models of fundamental interactions based on supergravity (SUGRA) using effective Lagrangians valid near the grand unification scale, and U(1) extensions of the Standard Model and of its supersymmetric (SUSY) extensions where the mass generation of new particle states arises through a Stueckelberg mechanism. Signals of new physics that can be measured at the Large Hadron Collider and at the Fermilab Tevatron in various final state channels are discussed in depth. Correlated signals of new physics relevant to both collider experiments and dark matter detection experiments are a focal point of the analysis and the prospects for the discovery of new physics is emphasized.
Document Type
Dissertation
Rights Information
Copyright 2009
Rights Holder
Daniel J. Feldman
Permanent URL
Recommended Citation
Feldman, Daniel J., "SUGRA and the Stueckelberg extensions: from colliders to dark matter" (2009). Physics Dissertations. Paper 8. http://hdl.handle.net/2047/d10018207
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