Physics Beyond the Standard Model

TL;DR

This paper reviews various theoretical approaches and experimental prospects for discovering new physics beyond the Standard Model, emphasizing upcoming data from the LHC and other experiments.

Contribution

It provides a concise overview of multiple beyond Standard Model theories and discusses their potential experimental signatures and implications.

Findings

High potential for upcoming experiments to reveal new physics

Multiple theories offer testable predictions at the LHC

Next few years may lead to a paradigm shift in fundamental physics

Abstract

I present a brief overview of some exciting possibilities for physics Beyond the Standard Model. I include short discussions of neutrino physics, the strong CP problem and axions, GUTs, large and warped extra dimensions, Little Higgs models and supersymmetry. The chances appear excellent that in the next few years-- as the LHC era gets underway-- data from a bevy of experiments will point the way to a new paradigm for the laws of physics as we know them.