Supersymmetry
Term 2012/2013
Lecture 1 - Supersymmetry: introduction and motivation - 29 oct 2012.
Lecture 2 - Spinors and superspace - 30 oct 2012.
Lecture 3 - Superfields - 31 oct 2012.
Lecture 4 - Supersymmetric gauge theories, I - 6 nov 2012.
Lecture 5 - Supersymmetric gauge theories, II - 8 nov 2012.
Lecture 6 - Extended supersymmetry - 20 nov 2012.
Lecture 7 - N=2 supersymmetric gauge theory - 22 nov 2012.
Lecture 8 - The quantum moduli space - 27 nov 2012.
Lecture 9 - The Seiberg-Witten solution - 29 nov 2012.
Lectures 10 to 14 - Non perturbative aspects of N=1 supersymmetric gauge theories - 4, 11, 13, 18 & 20 dec 2012.
Spinors - Useful identities and conventions.
Bibliography - Recommended list of references.
Introducing Supersymmetry - by Martin F. Sohnius.
6 Lectures on QFT, RG and SUSY - by Timothy J. Hollowood.
A pedagogical introduction to Seiberg-Witten - by Adel Bilal.
Lectures take place in room 2 (tuesdays and thursdays, from 17'30 to 19).
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