History of Supersymmetric Extensions of the Standard Model

TL;DR

This paper reviews the historical development of supersymmetric extensions of the Standard Model, addressing initial challenges, their solutions, and early experimental searches for supersymmetry.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of the obstacles, solutions, and early experimental efforts in developing supersymmetric models of particle physics.

Findings

Solutions to initial obstacles in supersymmetry

Construction of supersymmetric Standard Model extensions

Summary of early experimental searches for supersymmetry

Abstract

We recall the many obstacles which seemed, long ago, to prevent supersymmetry from possibly being a fundamental symmetry of Nature. We also present their solutions, leading to the construction of the supersymmetric extensions of the Standard Model. Finally we discuss briefly the early experimental searches for Supersymmetry.