Generalizing supersymmetry to 3+1 spacetime, and QFT

Particle Physics 3: Supersymmetry and Grand Unification (Spring, 2010)

Lecture Playlist

  1. Renormalization concepts, and dimensional analysis

  2. Fermions and bosons

  3. Propagators and renormalization of mass

  4. Symmetry and Grassmann numbers

  5. A first supersymmetric model

  6. Supersymmetry building blocks

  7. Lagrangians that preserve supersymmetry

  8. Generalizing supersymmetry to 3+1 spacetime, and QFT

  9. Supersymmetry breaking and an introduction to grand unified theories

  10. GUTs, the SU(5) representation, proton decay

May 24, 2010

In this lecture, Professor Susskind generalizes supersymmetry to 3 space and 1 time dimension.

Topics: 
  • Constraints that preserve supersymmetry
  • Evaluating the action of a superfield
  • Relating fermion and boson coupling constants